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Value Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked
Language:
Guyanais
Parameter:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs
References
Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
Examples
mo kontan sa liv-la-a
mo
I
kontan
like
sa
dem
liv-la-a
book-
def
-
def
I like that book.
i
pédi so chimen
i
he
Ø
pfv
pédi
loose
so
his
chimen
way
He got lost.
See
Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
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