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Value Same TAM marking in negated clauses
Language:
Vincentian Creole
Parameter:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking
References
Prescod 2004
Examples
Mitch wodn hafo duhn go.
Mitch
Mitch
wod-n
would-
neg
ha-fo
have-for
duhn
compl
go.
go
Mitch wouldn’t have had to have gone.
Mitch woda hafo duhn go.
Mitch
Mitch
wod-a
would-have
ha-fo
have-for
duhn
compl
go.
go
Mitch would have had to have gone.
Shi a iit. Shi na a iit.
Shi
3sg
a
prog
iit.
eat
Shi
3sg
na
neg
a
prog
iit.
eat
She is eating. She isn't eating.
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