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Value Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns

Language:

Singlish

Parameter:

Occurrence of nominal plural markers

References

Wee and Ansaldo 2004

Examples

1. Like ten thousand of my friend already applied and went for interview.

   Like

   like

   ten

   ten

   thousand

   thousand

   of

   of

   my

   1sg.poss

   friend

   friend

   already

   already

   appli-ed

   apply-pst

   and

   and

   went

   go.pst

   for

   for

   interview.

   interview

   For example, ten thousand of my friends have already applied [for jobs] and gone for interviews.

   See Wee and Ansaldo 2004: 64

2. Then they teach you all the technique lah.

   Then

   then

   they

   3pl

   teach

   teach

   you

   2sg

   all

   all

   the

   det

   technique

   technique.pl

   lah.

   pcl

   Then they teach you all the techniques.

   See Wee and Ansaldo 2004: 64