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Example 8-69
Dis-ya pikni wehn aalwiez ogli.
Dis-ya
this-here
pikni
child
wehn
ant
aalwiez
always
ogli.
ugly
This child was always ugly.
Comment:
I treat
aalwiez
'always' here as an aspectual marker.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: In a leftward position
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
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