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Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs
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Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently
Example 14-13:
She ate a sandwich.
She
she
ate
eat.
pst
a
a
sandwich.
sandwich
She ate a sandwich.
Example 14-24:
Me and Bruce went to the store.
Me
me
and
and
Bruce
Bruce
went
went
to
to
the
the
store.
store
Bruce and I went to the store.
Example 14-65:
He know Swahili.
He
he
know
know
Swahili.
Swahili
He knows Swahili.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Language:
African American English
Feature:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs
Source:
Own knowledge
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