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Example 22-166
Em save
olsem
samting rong long aus nau.
Em
3sg
save
know
olsem
comp
samting
thing
rong
wrong
long
prep
aus
house
nau.
now
She knew there was something wrong at home.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: EHP F12
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite pronouns: Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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