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Example 21-139
They are
not
visiting his place.
They
3pl
are
be.
pl
not
neg
visit-ing
visit-
prog
his
3sg
.
poss
place.
place
They are not visiting his place.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Fong 2004
: 89
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Negative morpheme types: Negative particle
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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