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Example 3-1
A téi dí páu páá.
A
3sg
téi
take
dí
def
.
sg
páu
stick
páá.
quick
He took the stick quickly.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Veenstra 1996
: 116
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Marking of patient noun phrases: No marking of patient NPs
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