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Example 9-16
Maskin me ownli de tiŋk bowt di trezha we i me las.
Maskin
Maskin
me
ant
ownli
only
de
prog
tiŋk
think
bowt
about
di
the
trezha
treasure
we
rel
i
3sg
me
ant
las.
lose
Maskin was only thinking about the treasure that he had lost.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1983
: 47
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
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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