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Example 26-5
pɛlɛ laɪk wiski
pɛlɛ
Pele
laɪk
like
wiski
whiskey
Pele likes whiskey.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork recording
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
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Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Experiencer constructions with ‘like’: Experiencer is subject
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