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Example 2-220
Mi papa e
teki
moro furu aandacht
gi
a man.
Mi
my
papa
father
e
ipfv
teki
take
moro
more
furu
full
aandacht
attention
gi
give
a
the
man.
man
My father pays more attention to the man.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford data, Tape 14-a
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation impossible
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