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Value Special motion-from adposition
Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
Examples
[...] when they come 'round by them, they put they hand in and pull
out
the guts.
[...]
[...]
they
3pl
.
sbj
put
put[
hab
]
they
3pl
.
poss
hand
hand[
pl
]
in
prep
and
and
pull
pull
out
prep
the
art
guts.
guts
[...] [when they (i.e. the chickens) pass them [on the conveyor belt],] they put their hands in and pull out the guts.
He throw it out, and he catch - it take 'bout twelve man to pull out one shark out the water.
[...]
[...]
to
to
pull
pull
out
prep
one
det
shark
shark
out
prep
the
art
water.
water
[...] to pull a single shark out of the water.
No, they was - in her car, she was driving.
[...]
[...]
they
3pl
.
sbj
was
cop
.
pst
-
in
prep
her
3sg
.
f
.
poss
car
car
[...]
[...]
[No,] they were in her car, [she was driving].
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