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Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase
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Indefinite article is preposed
Example 2-33:
wan tori fu Anansi
wan
det
tori
story
fu
of
Anansi
Anansi
a story about Anansi
Source:
Nickel and Wilner 1984
: 35
Example 2-34:
Dati a wan nengre leki den srefi.
Dati
that
a
cop
wan
det
nengre
black
leki
like
den
them
srefi.
self
That is a black man like themselves.
Source:
Nickel and Wilner 1984
: 35
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Language:
Sranan
Feature:
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase
Source:
Nickel and Wilner 1984
: 35
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