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Example 21-77
Don't eat crab!
Don't
do.
neg
eat
eat
crab!
crab
Don't eat crab!
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge (Lisa Lim)
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator
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