Value Singular noun phrase with definite article

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Generic noun phrases in subject function
References
Nicholls 2006

Examples

  1. 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

  2. Jikiwan thet garndi.
    Jiki-wan
    cheeky-adj
    thet
    dem
    garndi.
    tree
    It is 'cheeky' (bitter or dangerous) that (type of) tree.
  3. 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