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Example 14-10
Sheila going to that place that pay better.
Sheila
Sheila
going
going
to
to
that
that
place
place
that
that
pay
pays
better.
better
Sheila is going to that place that pays better.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Martin and Wolfram 1998
: 31
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
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