Value Particle marking

Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
Comparative standard marking

Examples

  1. [But you remember going to school in Andros and everything?] But I believe I come older than that, you know, because I used to work over there to the to the farm.
    [...]
    [...]
    come
    come
    old-er
    old-compar
    than
    than
    that,
    that
    you
    you
    know
    know
    [...].
    [...]
    [...] [I think I] came [to Nassau] when I was older than that (i.e. eight or nine), [...] [because I used to do farmwork over there (on Andros)].
  2. 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 [...].