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Value Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
Parameter:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
References
Anonymous 1860
: 213
Examples
She hab belly content for make see you.
She
3sg
hab
pfv
belly
very
content
happy
for
for
make
make
see
see
you.
2sg
She was very happy to see you.
See
Tilden 1831-32
: 773
My hab
so
talkee, must wantchee catchee more cheap.
My
1sg
hab
pfv
so
so
talkee,
talk
must
must
wantchee
want
catchee
catch
more
more
cheap.
cheap
I said that I absolutely must get it more cheaply.
See
Anonymous 1860
: 213
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