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Example 53-16
nonm-sa-la; fwa-sa-la; jou-sa-a; gato-sa-a
nonm
man
sala;
det
.
dem
.
sg
fwa
time
sala;
det
.
dem
.
sg
jou
day
saa;
det
.
dem
.
sg
gato
cake
saa
det
.
dem
.
sg
this/that man; this/that time; this/that day; this/that cake
Comment:
Note that in the Pointe Coupee lect,
sa-la
has the common variant
sa-a
; both are proximal and distal.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Klingler 2003
: 182
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word follows noun
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Same forms
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