Datapoint Kriol/Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article

The determiner det~jet~thet has been considered a definite article for the purposes of discussing this feature. Similarly to the German article, it simultaneously fills a slot in the demonstrative paradigm and is used as a text-deictic demonstrative; therefore it is considered identical to a demonstrative (see also Feature 28 "Definite articles"). It does not co-occur with another adnominal demonstrative form; however it may co-occur with an adverbial demonstrative ('here'/'there') in adnominal position. As it has no spatial deictic value, it is glossed as DEM in the examples.

Values

Demonstrative identical to definite article

Example 25-85:
Wot fo im krainabat thet lil gel, yubala bin hitim?
Wot
what
fo
for
im
3sg
kra-in-abat
cry-prog2-prog
thet
dem
lil
little
gel,
girl
yubala
2pl
bin
pst
hit-im?
hit-tr
Why is she crying, this little girl, did you hit her?
Example 25-175:
Thet pab hiya.
Thet
dem
pab
pub
hiya.
here
That pub here.
Example 25-176:
Det wanim jeya, la bastap.
Det
dem
wanim
whatsitcalled
jeya,
there
la
loc
bastap.
bus.stop
That what's it called there, at the bus stop.

Source: Nicholls 2011: 94

Confidence:
Very certain