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Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases
No particular marker of case.
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Neutral alignment
Example 58-77:
Yandi baka mwana nata yandi na nzo.
Yandi
he
baka-Ø
take-
narr
mwana
child
nata-Ø
take-
narr
yandi
him
na
conn
nzo.
house
He took the child and carried him home. OR: He took the child home.
Example 58-126:
Muntu mosi ve kwis-aka.
Muntu
person
mosi
one
ve
not
kwis-aka.
come-
pst
Nobody came. OR: Not a single person came.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
Feature:
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases
Source:
Own knowledge
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