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Example 40-93
Pay tə hika med.
Pay
father
tə
prs
hika
become
med.
fear
The father is afraid.
Comment:
This sentence is taken from a story told by Juze Martis.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Unpublished story
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Datapoints:
Experiencer constructions with ‘fear’: Experiencer is subject, 'fear' is non-verbal
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