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Example 18-139
Dem don kill king.
Dem
3pl
.
sbj
don
pfv
kill
kill
king.
king
They killed the king. OR: The king was killed.
Comment:
This is sentence 57 on Dahl's (1989) TAM questionnaire.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Schröder nd
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
by
Anne Schröder
cite
Datapoints:
Passive constructions: Absence of passive construction
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