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Example 5-14
ayu
na
ga non wo doz oopn mashiin an so?
ayu
2pl
na
neg
ga
have
non
none
wo
rel
doz
hab
oopn
open
mashiin
machine
an
and
so?
such
Don't you have any that opens machines and other such things?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 132 (line 258 - 9)
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
Negative morpheme types: Negative particle
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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