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Example 10-122
Im de get fried.
Im
3sg
de
prog
get
get
fried.
afraid
He/she is getting frightened.
Comment:
Ron Metzger and his language consultant feel the sentence should be:
Ihn deh get fried.
This does not change the syntax of the sentence.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
de Chaves 1990
: 144
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning: No inchoative meaning with aspect markers
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