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Example 45-1
Ya coge el mga pulis
con
el ladron.
Ya
pfv
coge
catch
el
the
mga
pl
pulis
police
con
obj
el
the
ladron.
thief
The policemen caught the thief.
Comment:
The animate object is generally marked with
con
.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Escalante 2005
: 79
Language:
Cavite Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Verb-subject-object (VSO)
Marking of patient noun phrases: Only animate patient NPs are marked
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Accusative alignment
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