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Example 6-48
Shi done eat already. — Hi did eat.
Shi
3sg
done
compl
eat
eat
already.
already
—
—
Hi
3sg
did
ant
eat.
eat
She already ate. — He ate.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Solomon 1993
: 118, 119
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
by
Susanne Mühleisen
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, nothing can intervene
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