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Example 72-1
Jintaku karungku i bin gedim kengkaru mirlarrangyawung.
Jintaku
one
karu-ngku
child-
erg
i
3sg
.
sbj
bin
pst
ged-im
shoot-
tr
kengkaru
kangaroo
mirlarrang-yawung.
spear-
com
One kid got the kangaroo with a spear.
Comment:
The pronoun-verb order is SVO, as is the nominal-verb order.
Type:
peer elicitation
Source:
Meakins 2011
: 283
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
by
Felicity Meakins
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
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