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Example 21-41
The roots
cannot be taken.
The
det
root-s
root-
pl
can-not
can-
neg
be
be
taken.
taken
The roots cannot be taken.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fong 2004
: 86
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Plural noun phrase with definite article
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