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Example 10-116

Ai liv bai Linbal.

Ai

1sg

liv

live

bai

near

Linbal.

Linval

I live close to Linval.

Type:: naturalistic spoken
Source:: Bartens 2003: 80

Language:

San Andres Creole English by Angela Bartens

Datapoints:

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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