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Example 26-15
a stɛ go kat gɹæs
al a taɪm
a
1sg
stɛ
ipfv
go
act
kat
cut
gɹæs
grass
al
all
a
art
taɪm
time
I kept cutting grass all the time.
Comment:
ACT = action marker
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 86
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Verb – object – adverb
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