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Example 26-14
ʃi wɛn ɹaɪʔ wan buk
ʃi
3sg
.
f
wɛn
pst
.
pfv
ɹaɪʔ
write
wan
art
buk
book
She wrote a book.
Comment:
ʃi
is a dependent pronoun [3SG], which looks exactly the same as the independent one (
ʃi
= 3SG).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 76
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns: In 3rd person singular only
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: No dependent person forms
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately preceding the verb
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Indirect-object construction
Expression of pronominal subjects: Obligatory pronoun words
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