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Ability verb and epistemic possibility
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Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
Example 13-102:
He
might
be can do that.
He
3sg
might
might
be
hab
can
can
do
do
that.
that
He probably can do that.
Source:
Cunningham 1992
: 47
Example 13-103:
ɒɪ cɪn sɪt dɒʊŋ.
ɒɪ
I
cɪn
can
sɪt
sit
dɒʊŋ.
down
I can [am able to] sit down.
Source:
Turner [1949] 2002
: 262
Confidence:
Intermediate
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Language:
Gullah
Feature:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
Source:
Own knowledge
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