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Example 56-67
Mon apel
sa
madanm.
Mon
1sg
apel
call
sa
dem
madanm.
woman
I call this woman. OR: I call the woman.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Michaelis 1994
: 184
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
Definite articles: Definite article identical to a demonstrative
Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article: Demonstrative identical to definite article
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Same forms
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: No distance contrast
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