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Example 7-207
Hi de a sheiv.
Hi
3sg
de
IMPFV
a
prog
sheiv.
shave
He is shaving himself.
Comment:
The speaker may choose to add
i feis
'his face' or
i baab
'his beard'.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Reflexive constructions: Ordinary anaphoric pronoun
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