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Example 6-55
Di child want food.
Di
det
child
child
want
want
food.
food
The child wants food.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Winer 1993
: 22
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
by
Susanne Mühleisen
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Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked
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