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Example 53-2
Mo garson achte en bel lalyans pou so kalin.
Mo
1sg
.
poss
garson
son
achte
buy.
pst
en
art
.
indf
bel
pretty
lalyans
wedding.ring
pou
for
so
3sg
.
poss
.
kalin.
girlfriend
My son bought a pretty wedding ring for his girlfriend.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Valdman et al. 1998
: 35
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
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