Datapoint San Andres Creole English/Predicative adjectives

The occurrence of predicative adjectives with a copula is restricted to acrolectal varieties. Here I describe the basilect. So-called zero copulas filter even into the English spoken by Islanders.

Values

No copula

Example 10-164:
Mi fut taiad!
Mi
1sg.poss
fut
foot
taiad!
tired
My feet are tired!
Example 10-165:
Neks taim Beda Taiga muma sik.
Neks
next
taim
time
Beda
Brother
Taiga
Tiger
muma
mother
sik.
sick
Another time Brother Tiger’s mother was sick.
Confidence:
Very certain