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Value Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Generic noun phrases in subject function
References
Nicholls 2006
Examples
Blekbala jabi.
Blekbala
Aboriginal.person
jabi.
know
Aboriginal people understand.
See
Sandefur 1979
: 177
Yuno gulmarri im gotim thet nidel.
Yuno
you.know
gulmarri
pandanus
im
3sg
got-im
have-
tr
thet
dem
nidel.
thorn/needle
You know, the pandanus (leaves) have thorns.
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