Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online

Value Two-way contrast

Language:

Jamaican

Parameter:

Distance contrasts in demonstratives

Examples

1. Dis-ya pen naa rait gud.

   Dis-ya

   dem-prox

   pen

   pen

   naa

   neg.prog

   rait

   write

   gud.

   good

   This pen is not writing properly.
2. Dat-de pen naa rait gut.

   Dat-de

   dem-dist

   pen

   pen

   naa

   neg.prog

   rait

   write

   gut.

   good

   That pen is not writing properly.