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Position of standard negation
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Before the verb
Example 12-249:
Stone at sea bottom
no
know sun hot.
Stone
stone[
pl
]
at
at
sea
sea
bottom
bottom
no
neg
know
know
sun
sun
hot.
hot
The rocks at the bottom of the sea don’t know that the sun is hot.
Source:
Holm and Shilling 1982
: 143
Example 12-250:
I ain't - I ain't exactly know what kind of work he used to do, but I think he used to work over there. But he retire.
I
1sg
.
sbj
ain't
neg
-
I
1sg
.
sbj
ain't
neg
exactly
exactly
know
know
[...].
[...]
I don’t exactly know [what kind of work he used to do] [...].
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Language:
Bahamian Creole
Feature:
Position of standard negation
Source:
Own knowledge
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