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Language:
Belizean Creole
Parameter:
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases
References
Escure 1992
Examples
Krab waak onda wata i luk layk musa fu howaz.
Krab
crab
waak
walk
onda
under
wata
water
i
it
luk
look
layk
like
musa
must
fu
for
howaz.
hours
Crabs walk under water, it seems they do it (stay submerged) for hours.
See
Escure 1992
ʃɛl haya di bowt fra djimi.
ʃɛl
Shell
haya
hire
di
the
bowt
boat
fra
from
djimi.
Jimmy
Shell rented the boat from Jimmy.
See
Escure 1992
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