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Negative morpheme types
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Negative auxiliary verb Frequency: 50.0%
Example 14-137:
They ain't leaving tomorrow.
They
they
ain't
be.
aux
.
neg
leaving
leaving
tomorrow.
tomorrow
They are not leaving tomorrow.
Confidence:
Very certain
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Negative particle Frequency: 50.0%
Example 14-138:
They not leaving tomorrow.
They
they
not
not
leaving
leaving
tomorrow.
tomorrow
They are not leaving tomorrow.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
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Language:
African American English
Feature:
Negative morpheme types
Source:
Own knowledge
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