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Value Two-way contrast
Language:
Principense
Parameter:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives
References
Maurer 2009
: 34-37
Examples
Ine ningê
sê
, ine rupê.
Ine
pl
ningê
people
sê,
prox
ine
3pl
rupê.
white
These people [here], they are whites.
Ine ningê
ixila
, ine rupê.
Ine
pl
ningê
people
ixila,
dist
ine
3pl
rupê.
white
Those people [over there], they are whites.
See
Maurer 2009
: 35
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