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Value Inchoative expressed by completive marker
Language:
Singlish
Parameter:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning
References
Zhiming 2005
Examples
The tongue red already.
The
the
tongue
tongue
red
red
already.
already
The tongue {has turned/turned} red. (NOT: The tongue was red.)
See
Zhiming 2005
: 239
The patient eat food already.
The
det
patient
patient
eat
eat
food
food
already.
prf
The patient has started to eat food.
See
Bao 1995
: 183
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