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Example 66-64
Doktər sakit oorang
yang
esiggarking (aɖa).
Doktər
doctor
sakit
sick
oorang-yang
person-
acc
.
def
e-siggar=king
asp
-healthy=
caus
(aɖa).
(
aux
)
The doctor has cured the patient.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of patient noun phrases: Only definite patient NPs are marked
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