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Example 9-125
I gat mora wan tiŋ
we
a de tiŋk bowt.
I
it
gat
got
mora
more.of
wan
one
tiŋ
thing
[we
[
rel
a
1sg
de
prog
tiŋk
think
bowt
about
_].
_]
There is more than one thing that I'm thinking about.
Comment:
nasal + stop cluster in
ti
ŋk
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 2004
: 531
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is used
Instrument relative clauses: Relative particle and gap with preposition stranding
Syllable codas: Codas at most moderately complex
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