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Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases
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Neutral alignment
Example 23-74:
smol boe ia i karem bigfala grin baket ia
smol
small
boe
boy
ia
def
i
agr
karem
carry
bigfala
big
grin
green
baket
bucket
ia
def
That small boy was carrying the big green bucket.
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Example 23-98:
nakatoa i tok flas lelebet
nakatoa
hermit.crab
i
agr
tok
talk
flas
flash
lelebet
little.bit
The hermit crab talks himself up a bit.
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Language:
Bislama
Feature:
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases
Source:
Own knowledge
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