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Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Example 5-1:
kooknot bring ail
kooknot
coconut
bring
bring.forth
ail
oil
Coconuts produce oil. OR: The coconut produces oil.
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 131 (line 247)
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Language:
Creolese
Feature:
Order of subject, object, and verb
Source:
Rickford 1987
: p. 131 (line 247)
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