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Example 13-103
ɒɪ cɪn sɪt dɒʊŋ.
ɒɪ
I
cɪn
can
sɪt
sit
dɒʊŋ.
down
I can [am able to] sit down.
Comment:
[c] is the symbol for the voiceless palatal plosive by IPA convention.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Turner [1949] 2002
: 262
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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