Value Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene

Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
References
van den Berg 2007: 196ff

Examples

  1. Effi a ben jeri, a ben sa komm.
    Efi
    if
    a
    3sg.sbj
    ben
    pst
    yere,
    hear
    a
    3sg.sbj
    ben
    pst
    sa
    fut
    kon.
    come
    If he had heard, he would have come.
    German: Wenn ers gehört hätte, so würde er kommen. [op.cit.]

    See Schumann 1783: 15