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Occurrence of nominal plural markers
The associative plural is marked by an dem.
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Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Example 6-24:
di dog an dem / di book an dem
di
det
dog
dog
an
conj
dem
3pl
/
di
det
book
book
an
conj
dem
3pl
the dogs / the books
Source:
Solomon 1993
: 45
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Unspecified
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
by
Susanne Mühleisen
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Language:
Trinidad English Creole
Feature:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers
Source:
Solomon 1993
: 45
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