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The prohibitive
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Normal imperative construction and normal negator
Example 13-104:
I
don
tink.
I
I
don
neg
tink.
think
I don’t think.
Source:
Turner [1949] 2002
: 264
Example 13-105:
Don
run!
Don
neg
run!
run
Don’t run!
Source:
Turner [1949] 2002
: 266
Example 13-106:
Keep still!
Keep
keep
still!
still
Be quiet!
Source:
Cunningham 1992
: 101
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Language:
Gullah
Feature:
The prohibitive
Source:
Own knowledge
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