Datapoint Kriol/Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object
The most frequent adverbial of frequency, oldei, is more or less grammaticalized as a marker of habituality, and its position is strictly preverbal. Its inclusion as an example of a frequency adverb is, however, questionable. Other frequency adverbs were scarce in the available data, but seem to be more variable in their position; they can be found clause-finally and also clause-initially, but in that case are often separated from the rest of the clause by a prosodic break.
Values 
Adverb – verb – object
Frequency: 50.0%
- Example 25-76:
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Jamtaim wi tok lengguij jirrama.Jamtaimsometimeswi1pl.excltokspeaklengguijlanguagejirrama.twoSometimes we speak two languages.
- Example 25-77:
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Ai bin oldei lisen mai olmen.Ai1sgbinpstoldeialways/hablisenlistenmai1sg:possolmen.old.manI always/habitually listened to my old man (i.e. father).
- Example 25-78:
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Gardiya bin oldei ringim thet bel.Gardiyawhite.personbinpstoldeialways/habring-imring-trthetdembel.bellA white person used to ring a bell every day. (context: work on the cattle stations, when speaker was young).
- Example 25-80:
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Ai bin gowin skul orlataim. Afda tharran ai orlas kambek en abam dina en go pleibat garra orla kid.Ai1sgbinpstgow-ingo-prog2skulschoolorlataim.alwaysAfdaaftertharrandist:adjai1sgorlasalwayskam-bekcome-backenandab-amhave-trdinadinnerenandgogoplei-batplay-proggarracom/insorlaplkid.childI used to go to school every day. After school I would come back and have dinner and then go and play with the children.
Source: Hudson 1985: 32
- Confidence:
- Intermediate
Verb – object – adverb
Frequency: 50.0%
- Example 25-79:
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Wi yusdu get haidin from wait men yuno, oletaim.Wi1plyusduhabgetgethaidinhidingfromfromwaitwhitemenmenyuno,you.knowoletaim.alwaysWe used to get a beating from the white people all the time.
- Example 25-80:
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Ai bin gowin skul orlataim. Afda tharran ai orlas kambek en abam dina en go pleibat garra orla kid.Ai1sgbinpstgow-ingo-prog2skulschoolorlataim.alwaysAfdaaftertharrandist:adjai1sgorlasalwayskam-bekcome-backenandab-amhave-trdinadinnerenandgogoplei-batplay-proggarracom/insorlaplkid.childI used to go to school every day. After school I would come back and have dinner and then go and play with the children.
Source: Hudson 1985: 32
- Confidence:
- Intermediate