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Example 5-119
an di - leedii ton bak
an
sok i
an
and
di
the
-
leedii
lady
ton
turn
bak
back
an
and
sok
suck
i
him
And the lady in retaliation, sucked his blood. OR: The lady turned back and sucked him (his blood).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 161, line 529
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Identity, overtly expressed
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