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Example 28-140
di wɛtɛ kɛnap justu
dek
di kurkur kɛnap
mɛ
slev
di
the
wɛtɛ
white
kɛnɛ-apu
person-
pl
justu
pst
.
hab
deki
take
di
the
kurkuru
black
kɛnɛ-apu
person-
pl
mjɛ
make
slev
slave
The white people used to make slaves out of the black people.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 397
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation impossible
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