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Example 28-141
o
dekj
a di papa ma
briŋ
o
3sg
deki-a
take-
ipfv
di
the
papa
father
mu-a
go-
ipfv
bringi
bring
He was taking his father home.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 400
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation possible
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