Datapoint San Andres Creole English/Negative morpheme types

In the past, neva is used instead of no. It does not have the same meaning as its English source item never but can be considered a genuine negation marker. ataal is frequently used to emphasize negation. I don't think speakers segment ataal into 'at + all'. At least the division into syllables is a-taal.

Values

Negative particle

Example 10-235:
Yu no bring ih ataal?
Yu
2sg
no
neg
bring
bring
ih
3sg.n
ataal?
at.all
Didn’t you bring it at all?

Source: Bartens 2003: 101

Example 10-236:
Di gyal neva wiek Jack.
Di
art.def
gyal
girl
neva
neg.pst
wiek
wake
Jack.
Jack
The girl didn’t wake Jack up.
Confidence:
Very certain