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Example 10-101
Yu
wehn
pramis mi se yu
neva
gwain bait mi.
Yu
2sg
wehn
ant
pramis
promise
mi
1sg
se
comp
yu
2sg
neva
neg
.
pst
gwain
fut
bait
bite
mi.
1sg
You promised me you would not bite me.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Unpublished field recordings
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene
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