Value Two-way contrast

Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
Parameter:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives
References
Faraclas 1996: 70

Examples

  1. dis pìkín vs. dat pìkín
    dis
    dem.prox
    pìkín
    child
    vs.
    vs.
    dat
    dem.dist
    pìkín
    child
    this/these child(ren) vs. that/those child(ren)

    See Faraclas 1996: 70

  2. Mà pìkín bì dat.
    Mà
    my
    pìkín
    child
    bì
    cop
    dat.
    dem.dist
    That is my child. OR: My child is that one.

    See Faraclas 1996: 97