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Example 12-269
He can reach across the table because he has long hands.
He
3sg
.
m
.
sbj
can
mod
.
aux
reach
reach
across
across
the
art
table
table
because
because
he
3sg
.
m
.
sbj
has
have.
3sg
long
long
hands.
arm.
pl
He can reach across the table because he has long arms.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Holm and Shilling 1982
: 98
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
'Hand' and 'arm': Overlap
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