Value Differentiation

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Noun phrase conjunction and comitative
References
Sandefur 1979: 157-158

Examples

  1. Imin gaman gadim im lambarra.
    Im=in
    3sg=pst
    gaman
    come
    gadim
    com/ins
    im
    3sg
    lambarra.
    father.in.law
    He came with his father-in-law.

    See Sandefur 1979: 158

  2. Nomo gota meit=gun im jidanabat [...] olgaman G.
    Nomo
    neg
    gota
    com
    meit=gun
    mate=contr
    im
    3sg
    jidan-abat
    sit-prog
    [...]
    [...]
    olgaman
    old.woman
    G.
    G.
    Without any companion she's sitting there, old lady G.
  3. Wan wi bin kid mi en he.
    Wan
    temp
    wi
    1pl
    bin
    pst
    kid
    child
    mi
    1sg
    en
    and
    he.
    3sg.f
    When we were children, me and her.
  4. Det R. en J., yu sabe dubala?
    Det
    dem
    R.
    R.
    en
    and
    J.,
    J.
    yu
    2sg
    sabe
    know
    dubala?
    3du
    R. and J., do you know the two?

    See Nicholls 2006: 3

  5. Wal imin ruwinim wanbala hawus ba wan olgumen, ol K. na en im asbin.
    Wal
    well
    im=in
    3sg=pst
    ruwin-im
    ruin-tr
    wan-bala
    one-adj2
    hawus
    house
    ba
    dat/poss
    wan
    one
    olgumen,
    woman
    ol
    old
    K.
    K.
    na
    now
    en
    and
    im
    3sg
    asbin.
    husband
    Well it (the flood) ruined one woman's house, old K('s) and her husband('s).

    See Angelo et al. 1998