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Example 12-5
I is a good singer.
I
1sg
.
sbj
is
cop
a
indf
good
adj
singer.
singer[
sg
]
I am a good singer.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective precedes noun
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article distinct from numeral ‘one’
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