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Language:
Trinidad English Creole
Parameter:
'Body hair' and 'feather'
References
Winer 2009
: 339
Examples
(1) Shi kot shi hair. (2) di parrot feaders (3) Me son gettin big, he gettin feathers.
(1)
(1)
Shi
3sg
.
f
kot
cut
shi
3sg
.
f
.
poss
hair.
hair
(2)
(2)
di
det
parrot
parrot
feaders
feather.
pl
(3)
(3)
Me
1sg
.
poss
son
son
gettin
get.
prog
big,
big
he
3sg
.
m
gettin
get.
prog
feathers.
feather.
pl
(1) She cut her hair. (2) the parrot's feathers (3) My son is getting big, he is growing a first moustache (feathers here: fine body hair).
See
Winer 2009
: 339
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