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Example 12-180
I gotty tell you the truth, I is broke-broke. I even can't get battery [...].
[...]
[...]
I
1sg
.
sbj
is
cop
broke~broke
broke.
red
[...].
[...]
[...] I’m totally broke, [I can’t even get batteries] [...].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative adjectives: Variable copula
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