argued to be ineffective, and why? APE 2.7Creole Grammar Some tourist guidebooks

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argued to be ineffective, and why? APE 2.7Creole Grammar Some tourist guidebooks describe pidgins and creoles as baby talk, broken English, improper, or grammarless. But as we've seen, creole languages have systematic rules and are fully developed linguistic systems. Below is a set of data that illustrate the rule of plural formation in Nicaraguan Creole English (from Honda and O'Neil 2008). Nicaraguan Creole English The boat-dem de in the river. Ronald send to me two turtledove. Is many dog in Bluefields? These dog-dem in the street. He want seven case of beer. He did see the case of beer-dem. Standard English The boats are in the river. Ronald sent me two turtledoves. Are there many dogs in Bluefield? These dogs are in the street. He wants seven cases of beer. He saw the cases of beer. ge. nigh a. b. c. d. e. f. The word dem is borrowed from the English word them; however, it has a different meaning and use in Nicaraguan Creole English. When do you use -dem in Creole? Is the following sentence grammatical in this language? g. The man-dem a plaant kann. u- The men are planting corn.

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Answer- The word 'dem' indicates the plural. For example- boat-dem means boats, dog-dem means dogs.

The man-dem a plaant kann is grammatical because man-dem means 'men' in Standard English.

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