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Example 12-30
I say, de Lord be wid yinna.
I
1sg
.
sbj
say,
say
de
art
Lord
Lord
be
cop
wid
with
yinna.
2pl
.
obj
I say the Lord be with you.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: Binary pronominal politeness distinction
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