Value Only habitual function

Language:
African American English
Parameter:
Uses of the habitual marker

Examples

  1. She be telling people she eight.
    She
    she
    be
    hab
    telling
    telling
    people
    people
    she
    she
    eight.
    eight
    She is always telling people she is eight. OR: She generally tells people that she is eight years old.

    See Green 2002: 48

  2. Some of them be big and some of them be small.
    Some
    some
    of
    of
    them
    them
    be
    be.hab
    big
    big
    and
    and
    some
    some
    of
    of
    them
    them
    be
    be.hab
    small.
    small
    Generally, some of them are big and some of them are small. OR: It is usually the case that some of them are big and some of them are small.

    See Fasold 1972: 151