Datapoint Creolese/Occurrence of nominal plural markers

Pluralization only takes place in definite noun phrases.

Values

Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns

Example 5-38:
wen di poor piipl dem go we, di puliismaan dem kech di maan dem a rood, an kyar dem
wen
when
di
def.art
poor
poor
piipl
people
dem
pl
go
go
we,
away
di
the
puliismaan
policeman
dem
pl
kech
catch
di
the
maan
man
dem
pl
a
on
rood,
road
an
and
kyar
carry
dem
them
When the poor people had dispersed, the policemen caught up with the guys on the road and carried them to lock them up.

Source: Rickford 1987: 155 (line 487-8)

Example 5-39:
wen wii heer about dem tingz dem dis wii doon noo wat tu do
wen
when
wii
we
heer
hear
about
about
dem
dem
tingz
things
dem
pl
dis
this
wii
we
doon
don't
noo
know
wat
what
tu
to
do
do
When we hear about these things, we don't know what to do.

Source: Persaud 1970: Chapt 3 (line 3)

Confidence:
Very certain