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Example 12-21
She can’t break it up!
She
she
can’t
can't
break
break
it
3sg
.
n
up!
up
She (i.e. the speaker's grandmother) can't break it (i.e. the speaker's relationship with a particular man) up.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns: In 3rd person singular only
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