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Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases
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Accusative alignment
Example 69-45:
aykum mən mambi man kuraŋ awtɲan
aykum
woman
mən
3sg
mambi
again
man
other
kuraŋ
coconut
awt-ɲan
take-
nonfut
The woman again took a coconut.
Example 69-43:
ama mən namban tunan
ama
1sg
mən
3sg
namban
dat
tu-nan
kill-
nonfut
I killed him.
Example 69-46:
aykum wanan
aykum
woman
wa-nan
go-
pst
the woman went
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
by
William A. Foley
cite
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
Feature:
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases
Source:
Own field notes 1985
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