Value Neutral alignment

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases

Examples

  1. Wan litel gel bin katimbat wud blanga Jein.
    Wan
    one
    litel
    little
    gel
    girl
    bin
    pst
    kat-im-bat
    cut-tr-prog
    wud
    wood
    blanga
    dat/poss
    Jein.
    Jane
    One/a certain little girl was cutting wood for Jane.
  2. Ala munanga bin lus olabat shap [...] ebarrijing!
    Ala
    pl
    munanga
    non-Aboriginal
    bin
    pst
    lus
    lose
    olabat
    3pl
    shap
    shop
    [...]
    [...]
    ebarrijing!
    belongings
    The non-Aboriginals lost their shops [...] (all their) belongings!

    See Angelo et al. 1998

  3. That pesen i kaming bihain gota beg.
    That
    dem
    pesen
    person
    i
    3sg
    kam-ing
    come-prog2
    bihain
    behind
    gota
    com/ins
    beg.
    bag
    That person is coming behind with a bag.
  4. Wanbala men bin godan.
    Wan-bala
    one-adj2
    men
    man
    bin
    pst
    go-dan.
    go-down
    One man went down. OR: A certain man went down.

    See Sandefur 1979: 104