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Example 5-21
eni lil naiz yu
alweez
freed
eni
any
lil
little
naiz
noise
yu
you
alweez
adv
freed
adj
.
pred
Any little noise scares you. OR: You are always scared by the least bit of noise.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Persaud 1970
: 1
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Object – adverb – verb
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