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Example 11-172
Dei
kaan
rait nat wan ting.
Dei
3pl
kaan
can.
neg
rait
write
nat
neg
wan
one
ting.
thing
They can’t write a thing.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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