Serial verb markers 0136-Serial verb markers A description and documentation of Avatime

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natural language processing

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dataset

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WalSas

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SasLei

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Saskia tried out some sentences on Fo Yao to see whether they are grammatical and she also asked him to translate some English sentences to Avatime. The goal of this session was to find out what the markers on the second verb of a serial verb construction look like. Saskia asked questions in English and Avatime, Fo Yao answered in Avatime. Language_Name: Avatime Language_Region: Africa Language_Country: Ghana Project_Status: Complete Year: 2008 Start_Date: 2008-05-01 End_Date: 2008-12-31

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ON SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS

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