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Value Two-way contrast
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives
References
Velupillai 2003
: 48, 64
Examples
a gɔn klin ɔf dæd læn
a
1sg
gɔn
fut
klin
clean
ɔf
off
dæd
dem
læn
land
I'll clean off that land.
See
Velupillai 2003
: 64
diz
gaɪz nɛk
diz
dem
gaɪ-z
guy-
gen
nɛk
neck
this guy's neck
See
Velupillai 2003
: 48
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