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Example 9-25
Evri no an agin
yu si wan ton op.
Evri
every
no
one
an
and
agin
again
yu
2sg
si
see
wan
one
ton
turn
op.
up
Every now and again you see one turn up.
Comment:
An adverb in sentence initial position is less frequent than its occurrence after the subject.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1980-1989
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Adverb – verb – object
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