Value Differentiation

Language:
Chinuk Wawa
Parameter:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb

Examples

  1. mákmak mitlayt kápa latáb
    mákmak
    food
    mitlayt
    sit
    kápa
    prep
    latáb
    table
    There is food on the table.
  2. náyka t'úwən kyútan
    náyka
    1sg
    t'úwən
    have
    kyútan
    horse
    I have a horse.
  3. úkuk úlman yáka t’ú’wan yúlkat labárb
    úkuk
    that
    úlman
    old
    yáka
    3sg
    t’ú’wan
    have
    yúlkat
    long
    labárb
    beard
    That old man has a long beard.

    See Jacobs 1936: 15