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Example 2-121
A pikin wani go sribi.
A
the
pikin
child
wani
want
go
go
sribi.
sleep
The child wants to go and sleep.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford 2002
: 395
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
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 both unmarked
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