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Value Conjoined marking
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Comparative standard marking
Examples
Dijan lilbit bigwan, dijan lilwan lilbit.
Dijan
prox
:
adj
lilbit
somewhat
big-wan,
big-
adj
dijan
prox
:
adj
lil-wan
small-
adj
lilbit.
somewhat
This is somewhat big, this is somewhat small.
[...] I bin lilbit dip det wota. [...] o::: lilbit shelawan.
[...]
[...]
I
3sg
bin
pst
lilbit
somewhat
dip
deep
det
dem
wota.
water
[...]
[...]
o
oh
lilbit
somewhat
shela-wan.
shallow-
adj
[We started to cross the creek, but] it was (too) deep. [So I went to a different place and tried there]. Oh, (it was) shallow(er) there.
See
Hudson 1985
: 178
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