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Nunggubuyu
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Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases
Language:
Nunggubuyu
Feature:
Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases
by
Bernard Comrie
Value:
Neutral
Examples
Sentence igt-2526:
n g ara wa:yin n g iyan g i a d aba yu:guni
n g ara wa:yin
emu
n g iyan g i
she.went
a d aba
now
yu:guni
to.there
Emu went that way
Sentence igt-2527:
n g ara majbarwar wan g in g an g
n g ara majbarwar
python
wan g in g an g
it.ate.them
the python ate them
Sentence igt-2528:
waniyan y bugij manan g udan manubamayun g
waniyan y bugij
he.gave.them.still
manan g udan
guts
manubamayun g
that
he gave those guts to them
Sentence igt-2529:
nagan g da-ju:-' ba=bura:-'
nagan g
you
da-ju:-'
there
ba=bura:-'
you.will.sit
you stay there!
Sentence igt-2530:
n g a n g iga n g a:'gamaji n g arawa:yin
n g a
then
n g iga
she
n g a:'gamaji
she.stole.it.from.her
n g arawa:yin
emu
then Emu stole it [the stone] from her [Brolga]
Sentence igt-2531:
n g unu=na-n y nagan g
n g unu=na-n y
I.saw.you
nagan g
you
I saw you
References
Heath 1984
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