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Example 57-11
a ŋgra latam
a
indf
.
art
ŋgra
big
latam
table
a big table
Comment:
We consider the use of the indefinite article as a sign of decreolization. It is rare in core Creole to see an indefinite article; usually no marker is used in this context.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
: 126
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Datapoints:
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
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