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Example 12-136
I say, This may be poison, I
don't
know.
[...]
[...]
I
1sg
.
sbj
don't
neg
know.
know
[...] [This may be poisoned,] I don't know.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator
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