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Value Adverb – verb – object
Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object
References
Persaud 1970
: 1
;
Rickford 1987
: 146 (line 338)
Examples
yu
aalweez
fraikn eni lil naiz
yu
You
aalweez
adv
fraikn
afraid
eni
any
lil
little
naiz
noise
You are always afraid of any little noise. OR: The least (bit of) noise startles you.
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