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Example 22-99
Maski givim long Margaret.
Maski
neg
.
imp
givim
give
long
prep
Margaret.
Margaret
Don't give it to Margaret.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and special negator
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