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Example 7-241
Mitch mait
n
no.
Mitch
Mitch
mait-n
might-
neg
no.
know
Mitch mightn't know.
Comment:
The negative particle is placed before main verbs but after modals with which it can cliticize as
-n
.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Prescod 2013+
: 6
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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