Value Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility

Language:
Gullah
Parameter:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility

Examples

  1. He might be can do that.
    He
    3sg
    might
    might
    be
    hab
    can
    can
    do
    do
    that.
    that
    He probably can do that.

    See Cunningham 1992: 47

  2. ɒɪ cɪn sɪt dɒʊŋ.
    ɒɪ
    I
    cɪn
    can
    sɪt
    sit
    dɒʊŋ.
    down
    I can [am able to] sit down.

    See Turner [1949] 2002: 262