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Example 20-26
呼文都希卑剪
Who man do he pidgin?
Who
who
man
man
do
do
he
3sg
.
poss
pidgin?
pidgin
Who takes up the case for him?
Comment:
The word
pidgin
, generally meaning 'business', is extended here to a legal case. The author Tong is known as being involved in legal cases.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862
: IV.33
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Interrogative pronouns: Four compound expressions
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