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Example 53-107
Le machin
pran tou nouvraj-la.
Le
art
.
pl
machin
machine
pran
take
tou
all
nouvraj-la.
work-
art
.
def
.
sg
Machines have taken all the jobs.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Klingler 2003
: 175
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Plural noun phrase with definite article
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