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Example 9-24
Habat i me
niali
ga wan bad brɛkdown.
Habat
Herbert
i
he
me
ant
niali
nearly
ga
get
wan
a
bad
bad
brɛkdown.
breakdown
Herbert nearly had a bad breakdown.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1992
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Adverb – verb – object
Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’: Experiencer is subject
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