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Example 20-15
利士乜頓都乜治乞
Thisee mutton too muchee hard.
Thisee
dem
mutton
mutton
too
too
muchee
much
hard.
hard
This mutton is too hard.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862
: VI.25
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Order of degree word and adjective: Degree word precedes adjective
Predicative adjectives: No copula
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