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Example 20-139
㕭糯托記杜魯
You no talkee true.
You
2sg
no
neg
talkee
talk
true.
true
You don't speak the truth.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862
: VI.26
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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