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Example 2-221
Hey, den man, den man e
teki
a sani e
meki
grap.
Hey,
hey
den
the.
pl
man,
man
den
the.
pl
man
man
e
ipfv
teki
take
a
det
sani
thing
e
ipfv
meki
make
grap.
joke
Hey, they are making the joke of the matter.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Winford data, Tape 14-b
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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