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Example 7-163
A piis a frait hool mi.
A
indf
piis
piece
a
of
frait
fright
hool
hold
mi.
1sg
Fear overcame me. OR: I was overcome by fear.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Experiencer constructions with ‘fear’: 'Fear' is subject, experiencer is object
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