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Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
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‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
Example 5-144:
mi git op an mi ron go a di sailin
mi
1sg
git
get
op
up
an
and
mi
1sg
ron
run
go
go
a
to
di
the
sailin
sideline
I got up and ran to the sideline canal.
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 147, line 367
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Language:
Creolese
Feature:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
Source:
Rickford and Rickford 1976
: 147, line 367
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