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Value Same TAM marking in negated clauses
Language:
African American English
Parameter:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking
Examples
They had done left.
They
they
had
have.
pst
done
compl
left.
left
They had already left.
She hadn't done left.
She
She
had-n't
have.
pst
-
neg
done
prf
/
compl
left.
leave.
pst
She had not already left. OR: She had not already left by some subsequent time.
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