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Value Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked
Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs
References
Bickerton 1975
: 29
;
Rickford 1987
: 147
Examples
mi na no wai dem a du dis ting
mi
1sg
na
neg
no
know
wai
why
dem
3pl
a
prog
du
do
dis
this
ting
thing
I don't know why they are doing this.
See
Bickerton 1975
: 29
ii miit wit wan leedi a mek ail
ii
3sg
miit
meet
wit
with
wan
indf
.
art
leedi
lady
a
prog
mek
make
ail
oil
He met a lady who was making oil.
See
Rickford 1987
: 130(line 226)
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