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Example 72-11
Dei karankarra karuwalijangkuma ngakparnku nyawarrama.
Dei
3pl
.
sbj
karan-karra
scratch-
cont
karu-walija-ngku-ma
child-
pauc
-
erg
-
disc
ngakparn-ku
frog-
dat
nyawa-rra-ma.
this-
pl
-
top
This group of kids are digging for frogs.
Comment:
The demonstrative and the noun form a discontinuous constituent in this example.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meakins 2011
: 388
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
by
Felicity Meakins
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word follows noun
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