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Example 12-131
Yeah, [...] learn a different speech, eh. Now you
could
speak - how much - how much you
coulda
speak? Two?
[...]
[...]
you
2sg
.
sbj
could
mod
.
aux
speak
speak
[...]
[...]
how
how
much
much
you
you
coulda
mod
.
aux
speak?
speak
[...] So you can speak [...] - how many different [languages] can you speak?
Comment:
Could
and
coulda
denote ability.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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