Value Particle, open-class items may intervene

Language:
Gullah
Parameter:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb

Examples

  1. Den de ciple dem been eben mo stonish.
    Den
    then
    de
    det
    ciple
    disciple
    dem
    them
    been
    pst/asp
    eben
    even
    mo
    compar
    stonish.
    astonish
    Then the disciples were even more astonished. (Mk 10.26)

    See Anonymous 2005: 157

  2. De ooman dem been all shake op an scaid.
    De
    det
    ooman
    woman
    dem
    pl
    been
    pst/asp
    all
    all
    shake
    shake
    op
    up
    an
    and
    scaid.
    scared
    The women were all shaken up and scared. (Mk 16.8)

    See Anonymous 2005: 187