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Example 9-164
Dat waz di onli man
hu
poniʃ.
Dat
that
waz
was
di
the
onli
only
man
man
[hu
[
rel
poniʃ
punish
_].
_]
That was the only man who was punished.
Comment:
This present a rare use of
hu
here in an umarked passive context.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 2004
: CD
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Passive constructions: Passive without verbal coding
Object relative clauses: Relative particle and gap
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