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Value Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
Parameter:
Order of subject, object, and verb
Examples
Shi buy a nju cyar.
Shi
3sg
buy
buy
a
det
nju
new
cyar.
car
She bought a new car.
Sita eat di mango.
Sita
Sita
eat
eat
di
det
mango.
mango
Sita ate the mango.
See
Winer 1993
: 22
Di child want food.
Di
det
child
child
want
want
food.
food
The child wants food.
See
Winer 1993
: 22
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