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Value Bare plural noun phrase in languages with definite article
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Generic noun phrases in subject function
References
Kouwenberg 1994
: 152-155
;
Kouwenberg 2007
;
Kouwenberg 2007
: 44
Examples
langi titi kɛnapu wa sɛtɛ kɛkɛ dalki titi kɛnapu ka
langi
long
titi
time
kɛnɛ-apu
person-
pl
wa
pst
sɛtɛ
stay
kɛkɛ
like
dalki
now
titi
time
kɛnɛ-apu
person-
pl
ka
neg
People of long ago didn't live like people of nowadays.
See
Kouwenberg 2007
: 445
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