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Example 6-1
Shi buy a nju cyar.
Shi
3sg
buy
buy
a
det
nju
new
cyar.
car
She bought a new car.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own data
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
by
Susanne Mühleisen
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Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Neutral alignment
Syllable codas: Codas at most moderately complex
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