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Example 12-118
[Talking about her three children.] I
never did
want them. I try kill all of them. [...] Now I love them. Yeah.
I
1sg
.
sbj
never
neg
did
pst
want
want
them.
3pl
.
obj
I never wanted them.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Reduced TAM marking in negated clauses
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