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Example 21-64
Hey, I think the driver trying to be funny, you know.
Hey,
hey
I
1sg
think
think
the
det
driver
driver
trying
trying
to
to
be
be
funny,
funny
you
2sg
know.
know
Hey, I think the driver is trying to be funny, you know.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fong 2004
: 86
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Affix
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