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Order of subject, object, and verb
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Object-subject-verb (OSV) Frequency: 50.0%
Example 21-2:
Fish I wan.
Fish
fish
I
1sg
wan.
want
I want (some) fish.
Confidence:
Very certain
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Subject-verb-object (SVO) Frequency: 50.0%
Example 21-1:
I want some fish.
I
I
want
want
some
some
fish.
fish
I want some fish.
Example 21-10:
So your grandfather had three wives something like that ah?
So
so
your
2sg
.
poss
grandfather
grandfather
had
have.
pst
three
three
wives
wives
something
something
like
like
that
that
ah?
pcl
So your grandfather had three wives or something like that?
Source:
Wee and Ansaldo 2004
: 68
Example 21-37:
But the boss saw the interview.
But
conj
the
det
boss
boss
saw
see.
pst
the
det
interview.
interview
But the boss saw the interview.
Source:
Wee and Ansaldo 2004
: 60
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Language:
Singlish
Feature:
Order of subject, object, and verb
Source:
Own knowledge (Lisa Lim)
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