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Example 21-16
Yes, I was calling up for temp job.
Yes,
yes
I
1sg
was
be.
sg
.
pst
call-ing
call-
prog
up
up
for
for
temp
temporary
job.
job
Yes, I was phoning for a temporary job.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Wee and Ansaldo 2004
: 60
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
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