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Example 14-13
She ate a sandwich.
She
she
ate
eat.
pst
a
a
sandwich.
sandwich
She ate a sandwich.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
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Datapoints:
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently
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