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Example 20-96
Yes, sir. You have got make some pigeon
with
me?
Yes,
yes
sir.
sir
You
2sg
have
have
got
got
make
make
some
some
pigeon
pigeon
with
com
me?
me
Yes, sir. Have you got any business to do with me?
Comment:
This example is from the CPE1 corpus (Baker 2003a). The translation is ours.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Ruschenberger 1838
: 2223
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Comitatives and instrumentals: Differentiation
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