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Example 2-35
Fa ai kon dati
alaten
yu e kon lati na wroko.
Fa
how
a
it
e
ipfv
kon
come
dati
that
alaten
always
yu
2sg
e
ipfv
kon
come
lati
late
na
loc
wroko.
work
How is it that you always come late to work?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Wilner 1992
: 3
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Adverb – verb – object
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