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Example 53-38
Letòf-loe te pli mens.
Letòf-loe
material-
art
.
def
.
sg
te
pst
pli
more
mens.
thin
The material was thinner.
Comment:
Note the unusual use of the front rounded low-mid vowel in the article:
loe
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Klingler 2003
: 173
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Position of definite article in the noun phrase: Definite article is postposed
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