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Example 21-67
Now I am eating mango; Now I am not eating mango.
Now
now
I
1sg
am
am
eating
eat-
dur
mango;
mango
Now
now
I
1sg
am
am
not
neg
eat-ing
eat-
dur
mango.
mango
I am eating a mango now. I am not eating a mango now.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge (Lisa Lim)
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Same TAM marking in negated clauses
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