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Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object
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Verb – object – adverb Frequency: 50.0%
Example 21-18:
She's doing that
always.
She's
3sg
.be.
3sg
do-ing
do-
prog
that
that
always.
always
She's always doing that.
Confidence:
Very certain
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Adverb – verb – object Frequency: 50.0%
Example 21-17:
She
always
doing that.
She
3sg
always
always
do-ing
do-
prog
that.
that
She does that all the time.
Source:
Ansaldo 2004
: 137
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Language:
Singlish
Feature:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object
Source:
Own knowledge
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