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Example 7-9
I ha dis man bin a wuhk lan fo J.
I
3sg
ha
have
dis
dem
man
man
bin
pst
a
prog
wuhk
work
lan
land
fo
for
J.
J.
There was a man who used to work the land for J.
Comment:
Bin
(past tense marker) is separated from the verb by the progressive aspect marker.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
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