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Value Two-way contrast
Language:
Juba Arabic
Parameter:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives
References
Manfredi 2005
: 103-105
Examples
anína biágder árif hája
de
batál wa hája
dak
kwes
anína
1pl
bi=ágder
irr
=can
árif
know
hája
thing
de
dem
.
prox
batál
bad
wa
and
hája
thing
dak
dem
.
dist
kwes
good
We can know that this is bad and that is good.
záman de záman dak
záman
time
de
dem
.
prox
záman
time
dak
dem
.
dist
now, once
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