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Value Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
Language:
Principense
Parameter:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
References
Maurer 2009
: 69-70
Examples
Wêt'ora unôtxi ê tava
maxi
kalsa fa.
Wêtu
eight
ora
hour
unôtxi
night
ê
3sg
tava
pst
maxi
yet
kalsa
put.shoes
fa.
neg
At eight o’clock in the evening, he hadn’t put his shoes on yet.
See
Maurer 2009
: 70
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