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Example 5-95
wel ii a piil kookno(t)
wel
well
ii
3sg
a
prog
piil
peel
kookno(t)
coconut
Well he was peeling coconuts.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 130
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of patient noun phrases: No marking of patient NPs
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Neutral alignment
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns: Accusative alignment
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