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Example 12-13
I hear 'bout - I hear people say they is see
one
horse be riding, too.
One
ghost horse. Ghost horse. In the night time.
[...]
[...]
one
indf
horse
horse
[...]
[...]
One
indf
ghost
ghost
horse
horse
[...]
[...]
[I’ve heard people say they see] a horse riding [...] A ghost horse [...] at night.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
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