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Example 9-12
Dey luk fu dem kwaat badl.
Dey
they
luk
look
fu
for
dem
them
kwaat
quart
badl.
bottle
They look for those quart bottles.
Comment:
The preposed demonstrative (based on personal PL pronoun) implies shared knowledge.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1983
: 36
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
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