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Chinese Pidgin English (European)
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Going to named places
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No adpositional/case marking Frequency: 70.0%
Example 20-49:
Bum bye you kum my housy second teem.
Bum
later
bye
later
you
2sg
kum
come
my
my
housy
house
second
second
teem.
time
Come to my house again another time.
Source:
Ball 1855
: 118
Confidence:
Certain
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Preposition Frequency: 30.0%
Example 20-119:
She now no can go to Whampoa as before time.
She
3sg
now
now
no
neg
can
can
go
go
to
to
Whampoa
Whampoa
as
as
before
before
time.
time
Now she cannot go to Whampoa as before.
Source:
Tilden 1834-46
: 917
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English (European)
Feature:
Going to named places
Source:
Ball 1855
: 118
;
Tilden 1834-46
: 917
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