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Example 72-171
Krtuma parl im putim i kaan spredimat kuyarra.
Kyle-tu-ma
KR-
erg
-
top
parl
pile
im
3sg
put-im
put-
tr
parl
too.much
i
3sg
.
sbj
kaan
neg
spred-im-at
spread-
tr
-OUT
kuya-rra.
thus-
pl
Kyle put them in a pile. He didn't spread out that lot like that.
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Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meakins 2003-2006
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
by
Felicity Meakins
cite
Datapoints:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently
Syllable onsets: Onsets may be complex
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