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Example 21-17
She
always
doing that.
She
3sg
always
always
do-ing
do-
prog
that.
that
She does that all the time.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Ansaldo 2004
: 137
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Adverb – verb – object
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns: In 3rd person singular only
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Same forms
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