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Value Experiencer is subject, 'fear' is non-verbal
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Experiencer constructions with ‘fear’
Examples
Ai bin telim yu thei bin fraiten.
Ai
1sg
bin
pst
tel-im
tell-
tr
yu
2sg
thei
3pl
bin
pst
fraiten.
frightened
I (just) told you, they were frightened.
Hi fraiten tu getin.
Hi
3sg
fraiten
be.frightened
tu
to
getin.
get.in
He/she is frightened to get in. (i.e. He/she is frightened to put his/her hand into a hole to look for goanna out of fear of snakes.)
Imin ranawei mijelb na, maitbi fraiten.
Im=in
3sg
=
pst
ran-awei
run-away
mijelb
self
na,
now
maitbi
maybe
fraiten.
frightened
She ran away by herself, maybe (she ran away because) she was frightened.
Bat naja dubala bin du fraitn du gowin.
Bat
but
naja
other
dubala
3du
bin
pst
du
too
fraitn
frightened
du
to
gow-in.
go-in
But the other two were too frightened to go in.
See
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982
: 63
O wi bin geda shok, wi braitin-braitin tu, maidi wi mijinatbat.
O
oh
wi
1pl
bin
pst
geda
get
shok,
shock
wi
1pl
braitin~braitin
red
.frightened
tu,
too
maidi
maybe
wi
1pl
mijin-at-bat.
missing-out-
prog
Oh we got a shock, we [were] frightened too, maybe we are missing out. (Context: flu vaccination)
See
Angelo et al. 1998
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