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Example 22-50
Ol i bin pret long dispela pik.
Ol
3pl
i
pm
bin
pst
pret
afraid
long
prep
dispela
this
pik.
pig
They were afraid of this pig.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: Identity
Experiencer constructions with ‘fear’: Experiencer is subject, 'fear' is verbal
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