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Example 14-2
Bruce like cheese.
Bruce
Bruce
like-Ø
like-Ø
cheese.
cheese
Bruce likes cheese.
Comment:
There is no overt 3rd singular marking on verbs that occur with 3rd person singular subjects.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
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Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
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