Value Variable copula

Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
Predicative noun phrases

Examples

  1. 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].
  2. 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.
  3. I's a Baptist.
    I's
    1sg.sbj.cop
    a
    art
    Baptist.
    Baptist
    I'm a Baptist.
  4. I a old woman.
    I
    1sg.sbj
    a
    art
    old
    old
    woman.
    woman
    I am an old woman.

    See Shilling 1978: 49