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Example 20-130
地士卑士厚素合吉麽雞治
Thisee piecee house hap got mortgagee.
Thisee
dem
piecee
clf
house
house
hap
has
got
got
mortgagee.
mortgage
This house has been mortgaged.
Comment:
Note that
hap got
is a variant of the perfect tense/aspect marker
hap
. There is no good evidence that
got
is functioning to indicate a passive construction.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862
: IV.72
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Passive constructions: Typical passive construction
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