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Example 22-174
Tupela
no
slip gut long nait.
Tupela
3du
no
neg
slip
sleep
gut
good
long
prep
nait.
night
They did not sleep well at night.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: EHP M16
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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