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Example 53-44
E en pov nèg te gen tou louvraj.
E
and
en
art
.
indf
.
sg
pov
poor
nèg
black.man
te
pst
gen
have
tou
all
louvraj.
work
And a poor black man had all the work.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Neumann 1985
: 107
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Singular noun phrase with indefinite articles
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