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Example 53-78
Depech-ye mi.
Depech-ye
peach-
art
.
def
.
pl
mi.
ripe
The peaches are ripe.
Comment:
This example illustrates the basilectal plural marker
ye
used with an inanimate noun.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Klingler 2003
: 174
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
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