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Value Normal imperative construction and normal negator
Language:
Gullah
Parameter:
The prohibitive
Examples
I
don
tink.
I
I
don
neg
tink.
think
I don’t think.
See
Turner [1949] 2002
: 264
Don
run!
Don
neg
run!
run
Don’t run!
See
Turner [1949] 2002
: 266
Keep still!
Keep
keep
still!
still
Be quiet!
See
Cunningham 1992
: 101
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