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Example 21-169
The tongue red already.
The
the
tongue
tongue
red
red
already.
already
The tongue {has turned/turned} red. (NOT: The tongue was red.)
Type:
unspecified
Source:
Zhiming 2005
: 239
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning: Inchoative expressed by completive marker
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