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Example 21-82
What for? Don't want to get involved already la21.
What
what
for?
for
Don't
do.
neg
want
want
to
to
get
get
involv-ed
involve-
pst
already
prf
la21.
pcl
What's the point? I don't want to get myself involved.
Comment:
la21 = low-fall tone on la
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Wee and Ansaldo 2004
: 71
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Expression of pronominal subjects: Optional pronoun words
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