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Negative morpheme types
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Negative particle Frequency: 50.0%
Example 6-106:
Not to eat dat!
Not
neg
to
to
eat
eat
dat!
that
Do not eat that!
Source:
Solomon 1993
: 71
Confidence:
Certain
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Negative auxiliary verb Frequency: 50.0%
Example 6-105:
Leah doh eat de food. Leah eh eat de food.
Leah
Leah
doh
neg
eat
eat
de
det
food.
food
Leah
Leah
eh
neg
eat
eat
de
det
food.
food
Leah does not eat the food. Leah didn't eat the food.
Source:
Solomon 1993
: 71
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
by
Susanne Mühleisen
cite
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
Feature:
Negative morpheme types
Source:
Solomon 1993
: 71
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