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Value Singular noun phrase with indefinite articles
Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Generic noun phrases in subject function
References
Bruyn 2007
Examples
Wan hessi hessi lobbi no bun, a no holi langa.
Wan
indf
.
sg
hesi~hesi
quick.
red
lobi
love
no
neg
bun,
be.good
a
3sg
.
sbj
no
neg
hori
hold
langa.
long
Fast love is no good, it will not last long.
German:
Schnelle Liebe taugt nicht, u[nd] hält nicht Stich. [op.cit.]
See
Schumann 1783
: 66
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