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Example 14-61
She be telling people she eight.
She
she
be
hab
telling
telling
people
people
she
she
eight.
eight
She is always telling people she is eight. OR: She generally tells people that she is eight years old.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Green 2002
: 48
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: Only habitual function
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