Value Overlap

Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases

Examples

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

    See Shilling 1978: 49

  4. I de here every night.
    I
    1sg.sbj
    de
    cop
    here
    loc
    every
    every
    night.
    night
    I’m here every night.

    See Shilling 1978: 60

  5. I think he over in the other garden.
    [...]
    [...]
    he
    3sg.sbj
    over
    loc
    in
    prep
    the
    det
    other
    other
    garden.
    garden
    [I think] he’s in the other garden.

    See Shilling 1978: 87

  6. I only have four home now [...] Only two does be home.
    Only
    only
    two
    two
    does
    hab
    be
    cop
    home.
    loc
    [I only have four [children] at home now [...]]. Only two are at home.

    See Shilling 1978: 72

  7. [...] his wife is a pastor. I forget what they church name. They church in Freeport. She's a pastor in Freeport.
    [...] his wife is a pastor. I forget what they church name. They church in Freeport. She's a pastor in Freeport.
    [...] 3sg.m.poss wife cop art pastor 3pl.poss church in Freeport 3sg.f.cop art pastor in Freeport
    [...] his wife is a pastor. [I can’t remember the name of their church.] Their church is in Freeport. She’s a pastor in Freeport.
  8. [...] then I is the second oldest one [...].
    [...]
     
    then
    [...]1sg.sbj
    I
    cop
    is
    def.art
    the
    ord
    second
    oldest
    oldest
    one
    one
    [...]
    [...].
     
    [...] I am the second child [...].
  9. [...] he in Freeport now, he's a Christian now.
    [...]
    [...]
    he
    3sg.sbj
    in
    loc
    Freeport
    Freeport
    now,
    now
    he's
    3sg.sbj.cop
    a
    art
    Christian
    Christian
    now.
    now
    [...] he’s in Freeport now, he’s a [born-again] Christian now.