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Example 20-62
Before time my
no have
come this shop.
Before
before
time
time
my
1sg
no
neg
have
pfv
come
come
this
this
shop.
shop
I didn't come to this shop before.
Comment:
This example is from the CPE1 corpus (Baker 2003a). The translation is ours.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Anonymous 1836
: 434
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Same TAM marking in negated clauses
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