Value Differentiation

Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Parameter:
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases
References
Smith 1974-5

Examples

  1. doonu keem? [linguist: doonu?] [speaker, deliberately:] keen teen doonu aka kaazapa?
    doonu
    owner
    keem?
    who
    [linguist:
    [linguist:
    doonu?]
    owner?]
    keen
    who
    teem
    prs.be
    doonu
    owner
    aka
    that
    kaaza-pa?
    house-dat
    Who is the owner? [linguist: Owner?]. [speaker, deliberately:] Who is the owner of that house?

    See Smith 1974-5: 1450-2

  2. paaysu tudu rɔnal ankalsu pɛɛrtu teem
    paay-su
    father-gen
    tudu
    all
    rɔnal
    Ronald
    ankal-su
    uncle-gen
    pɛɛrtu
    near
    teem
    prs.be
    Father's [house] and all is near Uncle Ronald's.

    See Smith 1974-5: 4877

  3. avara botuspa saba jaavanantu tiɲa duvɛɛnsa: kɔleraa. avara kulumbuntu teem
    avara
    now
    botus-pa
    2.hon-dat
    saba
    know
    [jaavana-ntu
    [Jaffna-loc
    tiɲa]
    pst.be]
    duvɛɛnsa:
    illness
    kɔleraa.
    cholera
    avara
    now
    kulumbu-ntu
    Colombo-loc
    teem
    prs.be
    Now you know, in Jaffna there was a sickness: cholera. Now it is in Colombo. OR: Now you know, the sickness that was in Jaffna, cholera. Now it is in Colombo.

    See Smith 1974-5: 4834

  4. osiir mee maay; paay yakamura
    osiir
    3sg.hon
    mee
    foc
    maay;
    mother
    paay
    father
    jaa-kaa-mura
    pst-pfv-die
    SHE (indicating woman present) is my mother; my father has died.

    See Smith 1974-5: 5092-4