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Example 12-62
Fish’man
never call his own fish stink.
Fish’man
fisherman[
gener
]
never
neg
call
call
his
3sg
.
m
.
poss
.
det
own
own
fish
fish
stink.
stink
A fisherman will never call his own fish smelly. OR: No one ever sees faults in anything connected with himself.
Comment:
The second translation is taken from Glinton-Meicholas (1995: 115).
Type:
unspecified
Source:
Glinton-Meicholas 1995
: 115
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Reduced TAM marking in negated clauses
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