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Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases
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Neutral alignment
Example 9-116:
Krab waak onda wata i luk layk musa fu howaz.
Krab
crab
waak
walk
onda
under
wata
water
i
it
luk
look
layk
like
musa
must
fu
for
howaz.
hours
Crabs walk under water, it seems they do it (stay submerged) for hours.
Source:
Escure 1992
Example 9-117:
ʃɛl haya di bowt fra djimi.
ʃɛl
Shell
haya
hire
di
the
bowt
boat
fra
from
djimi.
Jimmy
Shell rented the boat from Jimmy.
Source:
Escure 1992
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Language:
Belizean Creole
Feature:
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases
Source:
Escure 1992
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