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Example 56-3
Lion i manz gazel.
Lion
lion
i
pm
manz
eat
gazel.
gazelle
Lions eat gazelles.
Type:
constructed by native speaker
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
Marking of patient noun phrases: No marking of patient NPs
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Neutral alignment
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