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Value Associative plural marker identical to additive plural marker
Language:
Jamaican
Parameter:
The associative plural
Examples
Ruoz-dem tel im se a Klaris mash di pat.
Ruoz-dem
Rose-
pl
tel
tell
im
3sg
se
comp
a
foc
Klaris
Claris
mash
smash
di
det
pat.
pot
Rose and the others told her that it was Claris [who] broke the pot.
See
Bailey 1966
: 111
Ruoz tel im se a Klaris mash di pat-dem.
Ruoz
Rose
tel
tell
im
3sg
se
comp
a
foc
Klaris
Claris
mash
smash
di
det
pat-dem.
pot-
pl
Rose told her that it was Claris [who] broke the pots.
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