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Example 21-63
Then they quarrelled.
Then
then
they
3pl
quarrell-ed.
quarrel-
pst
Then they quarrelled.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fong 2004
: 77
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Affix
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently
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