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Example 53-62
M a dòn vou enn pyas pou li.
M
1sg
a
fut
dòn
give
vou
2sg
.
pol
enn
art
.
indf
pyas
dollar
pou
for
li.
3sg
I will give you one dollar for it.
Comment:
This was said by a black person speaking to a white person.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Neumann 1985
: 169
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: Binary pronominal politeness distinction
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
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