Example 12-259

You know somebody live down the corner?
You
2sg.sbj
know
know
somebody
indf
live
live
down
down
the
art
corner?
corner
You know someone who lives on the corner?
Comment:
This is an example from the most acrolectal speaker of my sample, so even in acrolectal Bahamian Creole English, intonation is the only strategy to mark yes-no questions.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews