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Example 20-89
head too muchie sore
head
head
too
too
muchie
much
sore
sore
to have a headache
Comment:
This example is from a glossary in which the phrase is glossed as 'headache'.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Shaw 1897
: 553
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’: Body-part is subject
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