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Value Variable copula
Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
Predicative noun phrases
Examples
I don't bother with him, not because he's a Christian [...].
[...]
[...]
not
neg
because
because
he's
3sg
.
cop
a
a
Christian
Christian
[...].
[...]
[I don’t bother with him,] not because he’s a [born-again] Christian [but for other reasons].
Da- no, he's a Trinidadian. Yeah, he's a teacher. He's a tea- uh-huh. And he still teaches at the College of the Bahamas [...].
[...]
[...]
he's
3sg
.
sbj
.
3sg
.
cop
a
art
Trinidadian
Trinidadian
[...]
[...]
he's
3sg
.
sbj
.
3sg
.
cop
a
art
teacher.
teacher
[Daddy] is a Trinidadian [...] he’s a teacher.
I's a Baptist.
I's
1sg
.
sbj
.
cop
a
art
Baptist.
Baptist
I'm a Baptist.
I a old woman.
I
1sg
.
sbj
a
art
old
old
woman.
woman
I am an old woman.
See
Shilling 1978
: 49
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