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Example 7-41
Hu du dat? – *yo du uhm
Hu
who
du
do
dat?
dem
–
–
*yo
2
du
do
uhm
3.
obj
Who did that? – NOT: YOU did it.
Comment:
Yo
is unstressed and therefore inappropriate here. It must be replaced by
yu
.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: Dependent subject and object forms
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