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Example 26-2
ænti maɪd hæv ɹitn [...] wan buk
ænti
auntie
maɪd
specul
.
judg
hæv
have
ɹitn
write.
prf
[...]
[...]
wan
art
buk
book
Auntie might have written [...] a book.
Comment:
SPECUL = speculative JUDG = judgement
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 76
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers: The feature does not apply
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