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Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’
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Experiencer is subject Frequency: 50.0%
Example 12-157:
[...] I wanted to prove to all of them that I wanted him, and I could have gotten him. I did, and I got the headaches that came along with it.
[...]
[...]
I
1sg
.
sbj
got
get.
pst
the
the
headache-s
headache-
pl
[...].
[...]
[...] I got the headaches [...].
Example 12-159:
She got a headache.
She
3sg
.
f
.
sbj
got
got
a
art
headache.
headache
She has a headache (today).
Example 12-160:
She does plague with headache all the time.
She
3sg
.
f
.
sbj
does
hab
plague
plague
with
with
headache
headache
all
all
the
the
time.
time
She gets headaches frequently.
Confidence:
Certain
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Body-part is subject Frequency: 50.0%
Example 12-156:
I can't - like - he'p myself on de plane - sometime my head swing, an' I like to be 'long with somebody who I know.
[...]
sometime
sometimes
my
1sg
.
poss
head
head
swing
swing[
hab
]
[...]
[...] sometimes I get dizzy [...]
Example 12-158:
My head hurting.
My
1sg
.
poss
head
head
hurting.
hurt.
prog
My head is aching.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Language:
Bahamian Creole
Feature:
Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’
Source:
Own knowledge
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