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Example 12-222
So - they - OK, so - uh - lot of people got arrested, people went to prison and what not, you know, after - after they had this riot, you know.
[...]
[...]
lot
lot
of
of
people
people
got
get[
pfv
]
arrested
arrest.
ptcp
[...].
[...]
[...] (a) lot of people got arrested [...].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Passive constructions: Typical passive construction
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