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Example 5-82
mi na no wai dem a du dis ting
mi
1sg
na
neg
no
know
wai
why
dem
3pl
a
prog
du
do
dis
this
ting
thing
I don't know why they are doing this.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Bickerton 1975
: 29
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked
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