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Example 7-134
Hi ha tu shiip.
Hi
3sg
ha
have
tu
two
shiip.
sheep
He has two sheep. OR: He had two sheep.
Comment:
An unmarked stative may yield present or past interpretation.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked
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