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Example 12-174
I don't bother with him, not because he's a Christian [...].
[...]
[...]
not
neg
because
because
he's
3sg
.
cop
a
a
Christian
Christian
[...].
[...]
[I don’t bother with him,] not because he’s a [born-again] Christian [but for other reasons].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative noun phrases: Variable copula
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