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Example 51-7
an manman kay
an
indf
manman
mother
kay
house
a big house
Comment:
The lexeme
manman
as a prenominal adjective can metaphorically refer to largeness.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Martinican Creole
by
Serge Colot
and
Ralph Ludwig
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective precedes noun
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