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Example 7-58
Suhm di tri dem laik de wuhz draiyin duhng.
Suhm
some
di
art
tri
tree
dem
pl
laik
like
de
3pl
wuhz
was
drai-yin
dry-
prog
duhng.
down
Some of the trees seemed to be waning.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Prescod 2004
: A8
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is not used
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