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Example 21-116
Kong Kong send them go school.
Kong Kong send them go school.
grandfather send
3pl
go school
Grandfather sends/sent them to school.
Comment:
This is more basilectal Singlish, cf.
Kong Kong send them to school
.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go': ‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
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