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Example 12-203
[...] when they come 'round by them, they put they hand in and pull
out
the guts.
[...]
[...]
they
3pl
.
sbj
put
put[
hab
]
they
3pl
.
poss
hand
hand[
pl
]
in
prep
and
and
pull
pull
out
prep
the
art
guts.
guts
[...] [when they (i.e. the chickens) pass them [on the conveyor belt],] they put their hands in and pull out the guts.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’: Special motion-from adposition
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