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Value Intensifiers and reflexives overlap
Language:
San Andres Creole English
Parameter:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
Examples
Di Devl
self
mos veks!
Di
art
.
def
Devl
Devil
self
refl
mos
must
veks!
vex
The Devil himself must get angry!
Di uol liedi get ool an liv
him wan
iina wan likl bord hous.
Di
art
.
def
uol
old
liedi
lady
get
get
ool
old
an
and
liv
live
him
3sg
wan
one
iina
in
wan
art
.
indf
likl
little
bord
board
hous.
house
The old lady got old and lived all by herself in a little board house.
We yu tink a
yuself
?
We
what
yu
2sg
tink
think
a
of
yuself?
2sg
.
refl
What are you thinking about yourself?
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