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Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’
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Body-part is subject Frequency: 50.0%
Example 14-85:
Her head hurting (her).
Her
her
head
head
hurting
hurt.
prog
(her).
(her)
Her head is hurting.
Confidence:
Very certain
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Experiencer is subject Frequency: 50.0%
Example 14-84:
She got a headache.
She
she
got
has
a
a
headache.
headache
She has a headache.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
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Language:
African American English
Feature:
Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’
Source:
Own knowledge
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