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Example 21-13
Singapore flat very expensive a21?
Singapore
Singapore
flat
apartments
very
very
expensive
expensive
a21?
pcl
Are Singapore's apartments very expensive? [requiring response]
Comment:
a21 = particle with low-falling tone
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of degree word and adjective: Degree word precedes adjective
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
Polar questions: Final question particle
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