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Value Experiencer is subject, 'fear' is verbal
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Experiencer constructions with ‘fear’
Examples
Im frait, dijan.
Im
3sg
frait,
get.frightened
dijan.
prox
:
adj
He gets frightened, this one.
Thei bin frait [...] we thei bin katim.
Thei
3pl
bin
pst
frait
frightened/fear
[...]
[...]
we
subord
thei
3pl
bin
pst
kat-im.
cut-
tr
They were afraid, since they cut him. (i.e. cut his finger off)
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