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Gender distinctions in personal pronouns
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In 3rd person singular only
Example 21-9:
He is working in that company.
He
3sg
is
to.be
work-ing
work-
prog
in
in
that
that
company.
company
He works for that company.
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:
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns
Source:
Own knowledge
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