Datapoint Creolese/Distance contrasts in demonstratives

Values

Two-way contrast

Example 5-7:
dis leedi
dis
prox.dem
leedi
lady
this lady

Source: Rickford 1987: 130 (line 228)

Example 5-57:
da stoorii kyaahn wok
da
that
stoorii
story
kyaahn
cannot
wok
work
That story is not believable.
Example 5-58:
dis buk ya
dis
this
buk
book
ya
here
this book
Example 5-59:
da buk de
da
that
buk
book
de
there
that book
Example 5-60:
da chrii yanda vs. da chrii ova so
da
that
chrii
tree
yanda
yonder
vs.
vs.
da
that
chrii
tree
ova
over
so
so
that tree (over there)
Confidence:
Very certain