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Example 52-11
i
pouvé ka ékri
roun bon liv
i
he
pouvé
can
ka
prog
ékri
write
roun
a
bon
good
liv
book
He might be able to write a good book.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Pfänder 2000
: 146
Language:
Guyanais
by
Stefan Pfänder
cite
Datapoints:
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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