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Example 7-257
Meivis oy!
Meivis
Mavis
oy!
exclam
Hey Mavis!
Comment:
The exclamatory particle
oy
can be used following person names (i.e. proper nouns) but also other nouns as shown in Example 258.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Vocative markers: Optional vocative marker following noun
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