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Example 11-237
Kriol piipl iz hier bikaa dem kom as sliev.
Kriol
Creole
piipl
people
iz
cop
.
prs
hier
here
bikaa
because
dem
3pl
kom
come
as
as
sliev.
slave
The Creole people live here because they were brought in as slaves.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative locative phrases: Variable copula
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