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Language:
Jamaican
Parameter:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
Examples
Di man-
dem
dig di huol an di uman-
dem
plaant di kaan.
Di
det
man-dem
man-
pl
dig
dig
di
det
huol
hole
an
and
di
det
uman-dem
woman-
pl
plaant
plant
di
det
kaan.
corn
The men dug the holes and the women planted the corn.
See
Patrick 2007
: 143
Dem
kaal mi fi kohn elp dem.
Dem
3pl
kaal
call
mi
1sg
fi
purp
kohn
come
elp
help
dem.
3pl
They asked me to help them.
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