99 Verb doubling in temporal clauses
This feature is described more fully in
chapter 99.
Summary
In some creole languages, a verb doubling construction can be used to express temporal adverbial clauses, and sometimes other types of subordinate clauses as well. An example from Haitian Creole is: Rive Jan rive (epi) Mari pati. ‘As soon as Jean arrived, Marie left.’
Authors
Susanne Maria Michaelis, Martin Haspelmath and the APiCS ConsortiumValues
 | Verb doubling is possible in temporal clauses | 7 |
 | Verb doubling is not possible in temporal clauses | 67 |
| Representation: | 74 | |
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