Datapoint Santome/Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article

Alexandre & Hagemeijer (2007) refer to postnominal se as a specific marker. This marker generally refers back to items previously anchored in discourse. Preverbal inen encompasses both definiteness and plurality.

Values

Co-occurrence

Example 35-69:
inen mina-mina kwa se
inen
pl.def
mina-mina
little-little
kwa
thing
se
dem
these tiny little things
Example 35-70:
Tudu inen bisu se non tê nai.
Tudu
all
inen
pl.def
bisu
animal
se
dem
non
1pl
tê
have
nai.
here
All these animals we have here.
Confidence:
Very certain