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Example 12-95
The nurse say - uh-huh - the nurse say, Boy, John, you growing big now. She say John getting bigger
than
her - he tall, you know? He tall.
[...]
[...]
John
John
getting
get.
prog
bigger
big.
compar
than
than
her
her
[...].
[...]
[...] John is getting bigger than her [...].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Comparative standard marking: Particle marking
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