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Example 30-118
Algen
pode
bai Portugal di bárku o di avion.
Algen
one
pode
can
bai
go
Portugal
Portugal
di=bárku
of=ship
o
or
di=avion.
of=plane
One can travel to Portugal by ship or by plane.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Lang et al. 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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