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Example 20-1
挨灣温卑士烏倫
I wantchee one piecee woolen.
I
1sg
wantchee
want
one
art
.
indf
piecee
clf
woolen.
woollen
I want a piece of woollen.
Comment:
The context suggests that the speaker is buying wool by the yard.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862
: VI.1
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: No dependent person forms
Syllable codas: Only simple codas
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