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Example 35-23
Tudu ola
ê ka kopla pixi.
Tudu
all
ola
hour
ê
3sg
ka
ipfv
kopla
buy
pixi.
fish
He buys fish all the time.
Comment:
Sentence-level adverbs occur typically in pre-subject or sentence-final position.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own data
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
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Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Adverb – verb – object
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