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Value Negative auxiliary verb
Language:
Gullah
Parameter:
Negative morpheme types
Examples
Aint you know say comin back rebel time?
Aint
neg
.
aux
you
2sg
.
sbj
know
know
say
comp
comin
coming
back
back
rebel
slavery
time?
time
Don’t you know that slavery is coming back?
See
Turner [1949] 2002
: 264
I ain gine worry a soul.
I
1sg
.
sbj
ain
neg
.
aux
gine
going
worry
worry
a
a
soul.
soul
I am not going to worry a soul.
See
Turner [1949] 2002
: 262
I
ain
min bout de body.
I
1sg
.
sbj
ain
neg
.
aux
min
mind
bout
about
de
the
body.
body
I do not mind about the body.
See
Turner [1949] 2002
: 262
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