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Example 21-113
Emma is in the pool.
Emma
Emma
is
be
in
in
the
det
pool.
pool
Emma is in the pool.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge (Lisa Lim)
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’: Special motion-from adposition
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