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Value Two-way contrast
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives
References
Baptista 2002
: 57-59
Examples
Kel lápis li ê di meu, kel (lápis) la ê di bo.
Kel=lápis
dem
.
sg
=pencil
li
here
ê
be
di.meu,
1sg
.
poss
kel
dem
.
sg
(lápis)
(pencil)
la
there
ê
be
di=bo.
of=
2sg
This pencil belongs to me, that (pencil) belongs to you.
German:
Dieser Bleistift hier gehört mir, jener (Bleistift) dort gehört dir.
See
Lang et al. 2012
Es lápis li ê di meu.
Es=lápis
dem
=pencil
li
here
ê
be
di.meu.
1sg
.
poss
This pencil belongs to me.
See
Lang et al. 2012
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