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Example 26-43
a gɔn klin ɔf dæd læn
a
1sg
gɔn
fut
klin
clean
ɔf
off
dæd
dem
læn
land
I'll clean off that land.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 64
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: Two-way contrast
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately preceding the verb
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
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