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Example 66-40
ini
na sitaarekring aða kendera
ini-na
dem
-
dat
si-taarek-ring
pst
-pull-
abl
AðA
aux
kendera
chair
this chair that is out of the speaker’s sight, but closer than another chair that is both out of the speaker’s sight and farther away from the speaker
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: Two-way contrast
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