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be sure to cite ODIN and the source document. Please use the following citation record or variant thereof:
Stephanie Durrleman (2000). THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CLAUSE IN JAMAICAN CREOLE.
URL: http://www.unige.ch/lettres/linge/syntaxe/journal/pdf_volume_one/article7_durrleman.pdf
(Last accessed 2009-07-23).
ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 557&langcode=gyn (2021-08-15).
Example #1:
(29) Shi a aalweez/neva de a sing (Gibson 1986: 852f)
She HAB always/never DUR PROG sing
`She usually always/never keeps singing'
Example #2:
(30) Jaan shuda bin kyaan get fu gu (Gibson 1986: 585)
J. MODepistemic PAST MODr MODr COMP go
`J. should not have been able to be allowed to go'
Example #3:
(53) Jaan shuda bin kyaan get fu gu (Gibson 1986, 585)
J. MODepistemic PAST MODr MODr go
`J. should not have been able to be allowed to go'.
Example #4:
(31) GC Somtaim wen you don wok yu go an bai a dringk
Subj [completive] V
`Sometimes when you are finished working you go and buy a drink.'