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Value Verb – object – adverb
Language:
Louisiana Creole
Parameter:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object
References
Neumann 1985
: 294sq.
Examples
Me tant parl pa sa ek ye
tou-l-tan.
Me
1sg
.
poss
.
pl
tant
aunt
parl
speak
pa
neg
sa
dem
ek
with
ye
3pl
tou-l-tan.
all-the-time
My aunts don't speak it (i.e. Creole) with them all the time.
French:
Mes tantes ne le (le créole) parlent pas avec eux tout le temps.
See
Neumann 1985
: 297
E nou pal kreyòl
tou-l-tan
.
E
and
nou
1pl
pal
speak
kreyòl
Creole
tou-l-tan.
all-the-time
And we speak Creole all the time.
See
Klingler 2003
: 506
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