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Example 6-33
Marriage
have teet.
Marriage
marriage
have
have.
3sg
teet.
teeth
Marriage can bite / is a serious matter.
Comment:
The example sentence has proverbial character.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Informant
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
by
Susanne Mühleisen
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
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