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Value Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Language:
African American English
Parameter:
Order of subject, object, and verb
References
Martin and Wolfram 1998
: 11-36
Examples
She told him.
She
she
told
tell.
pst
him.
him
She told him.
Bruce like cheese.
Bruce
Bruce
like-Ø
like-Ø
cheese.
cheese
Bruce likes cheese.
The kid got asthma.
The
art
kid
kid
has
has
asthma
asthma
The kid has asthma.
See
Mufwene 1998
: 71
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