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Example 11-73
Ai woz mainding beebi an wash de napi.
Ai
1sg
woz
cop
.
pst
maind-ing
mind-
prog
beebi
baby
an
and
wash
wash
de
3pl
.
poss
napi.
nappy
I was minding babies and washing their nappies.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
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