Value Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked

Language:
Gullah
Parameter:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs

Examples

  1. Den e git eenta de boat an go ta de Magadan sho.
    Den
    then
    e
    3sg
    git
    get
    eenta
    into
    de
    the
    boat
    boat
    an
    and
    go
    go
    ta
    to
    de
    the
    Magadan
    Magadan
    sho.
    shore
    Then he got into the boat and went to the coast of Magdala. OR: [A]nd [he] took ship and came into the coasts of Magdala. (Mt 15.39)

    See Anonymous 2005: 59

  2. Ya know John wa Bactize.
    Ya
    you
    know
    know
    John
    John
    wa
    who
    Bactize.
    baptizes
    You know John the Baptist. (see Mt 14.8)

    See Anonymous 2005: 53