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Example 12-133
And - like when you catch the crab ... - don't hold it by the biter, 'cause you
could
get bite.
[...]
[...]
you
2sg
.
sbj
could
mod
.
aux
get
get
bite.
bite
[...] [if you catch the crab, don't hold it by the biter, because] you might get bitten.
Comment:
Here
could
denotes epistemic possibility.
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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