Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Value Demonstrative simultaneously before and after noun
Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Order of demonstrative and noun
References
Rickford 1987
: 178, line 701
;
Rickford 1987
: 180 (line 737)
;
Rickford 1987
: 241 (line 1226)
Examples
dem tingz o
dem
dem
.
pl
.
dist
tingz
things
o
dem
.
sg
.
dist
those things
See
Rickford 1987
: 178, line 701
dem ting ya
dem
dem
.
pl
.
dist
ting
thing
ya
dem
.
adv
.
prox
These things (here).
See
Rickford 1987
: 175
dem ekspreshn de
dem
dem
.
pl
.
adj
.
dist
ekspreshn
bad.word
de
dem
.
adv
.
dist
Those bad words.
See
Rickford 1987
: 180 (line 737)
×