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Example 9-121
If dey kloz op layk dat dey hav tu
smɛl
rɛŋk.
If
if
dey
they
kloz
close
op
up
layk
like
dat
that
dey
they
hav
have
tu
to
smɛl
smell
rɛŋk.
rank
If they stay closed, they must smell bad.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1980-1989
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns: Accusative alignment
'Hear' and 'smell': Differentiation
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