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Example 12-268
And sometime, he's look like he dead, and then only
tears
is be coming out my eye. You know, 'cause then that's my child.
And
and
sometime,
sometimes
he's
3sg
.
m
.
sbj
.
hab
look
look
like
like
he
3sg
.
m
.
sbj
dead,
dead
and
and
then
then
only
only
tears
tear.
pl
is
hab
be
cop
coming
come.
prog
out
out
my
my
eye.
eye[
pl
]
Sometimes he looks dead, and then I can't help crying.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
'Tears': Monomorphemic
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