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Data on apparent discontinuous NPs in the Cariban family
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Akawaio: 'Daddy your father'? (lester-eugene-personal-narrative-036) #78

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fmatter commented 1 year ago

(lester-eugene-personal-narrative-036) Akawaio (Caesar-Fox 2003)

dadi  pök-ng    nö    a-kïibïnï-dong rö    tomba-dong  pe   rö   
Daddy about-Nzr Emph  2-father-Pl    Emph  relative-Pl like Emph   
N     N         Prtcl N              Prtcl N           P    Prtcl
‘also the relative of Daddie your father’
SpikeGildea commented 1 year ago

I wish there were a good candidate for a copula here! I see

[dadi pök-ng nö] 'the one about Daddy' [a-kïibïnï-dong rötomba-dong pe rö] '((is) really like your father's relative'

fmatter commented 1 year ago

not relevant, then