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Value Identity, overtly expressed
Language:
Tok Pisin
Parameter:
Nominal and verbal conjunction
Examples
Tupela boi
na
tripela boi mekim faivpela.
Tupela
two
boi
boy
na
and
tripela
three
boi
boy
mekim
make
faivpela.
five
Two boys and three boys are five boys.
See
Mihalic 1971
: 138
Skul i pinis
na
mi go long ples.
Skul
school
i
pm
pinis
finish
na
and
mi
1sg
go
go
long
prep
ples.
village
School was over, and so I went home.
See
Mihalic 1971
: 138
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