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Example 21-7
Why I never see you wear those short-short skirts one a24?
Why
why
I
1sg
never
never
see
see
you
2sg
wear
wear
those
dem
.
pl
short-short
short-short
skirt-s
skirt-
pl
one
nmlz
a24?
pcl
Why don't I ever see you wearing those extremely short shirts?
Comment:
a24 = interrogative particle, rise tone, response required
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Wee 2004
: 108
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective precedes noun
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