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Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
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‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
Example 13-151:
He run come back in here say, "Oh! oh!"
He
he
run
run
come
come
back
back
in
in
here
here
say,
say
"Oh!
oh
oh!"
oh
He ran back in here saying "Oh! oh!"
Source:
Cunningham 1992
: 43
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Language:
Gullah
Feature:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
Source:
Turner [1949] 2002
: 210
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