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Value Singular noun phrase with definite article
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Generic noun phrases in subject function
References
Nicholls 2006
Examples
Im lib la keib, det larrpburniny.
M
3sg
lib
live
la
loc
keib,
cave
det
dem
larrpburniny.
wallaby
It lives in caves, the wallaby.
See
Nicholls 2006
: 7
Jikiwan thet garndi.
Jiki-wan
cheeky-
adj
thet
dem
garndi.
tree
It is 'cheeky' (bitter or dangerous) that (type of) tree.
Det gowena
i mit.
Det
dem
gowena
goanna
i
3sg
mit.
meat
Goannas are edible animals. OR: The goanna is meat. (Orig. Trans.)
See
Hudson 1985
: 82
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