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Example 6-5
dis book, dat book, dem book
dis
dem
.
sg
.
prox
book,
book
dat
dem
.
sg
.
dist
book,
book
dem
dem
.
dist
.
pl
book
book
this book, that book, those books
Comment:
"A few older speakers who also speak French Creole have only 'that' for the singular - i.e. they have no distinction between proximate and remote demonstratives." (Solomon 1993: 49)
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Solomon 1993
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
by
Susanne Mühleisen
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
Definite articles: Definite article distinct from demonstratives
Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article: No co-occurrence
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