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Example 11-30
Bot yu kyaan taak.
Bot
but
yu
2sg
kyaan
can.
neg
taak.
talk
But you mustn’t tell anyone.
Comment:
In this example, an ordinary man addresses the King’s wife.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: No pronominal politeness distinction
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