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Example 8-53
Dis-ya pen naa rait gud.
Dis-ya
dem
-
prox
pen
pen
naa
neg
.
prog
rait
write
gud.
good
This pen is not writing properly.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Datapoints:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: Two-way contrast
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