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Example 12-267
He stood and watch while the
eye-water
drain down her face.
[...]
[...]
while
while
the
art
eye-water
eye-water
drain
drain
down
down
[...].
[...]
[He stood and watched] while the tears ran down [her face].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Holm and Shilling 1982
: 71
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
'Tears': Bimorphemic
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