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Example 71-132
Pehea la kanaka ma kela hale wau?
Pehea
why
la
mod
kanaka
person
ma
loc
kela
det
hale
house
wau?
1sg
.
poss
Why is that person at my house?
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own data 1892
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative locative phrases: Variable copula
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases: Overlap
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