Datapoint Nicaraguan Creole English/Experiencer constructions with ‘fear’

This value assignment presupposes that e.g. freed is a stative verb (freed is a more acrolectal form than fried). This analysis is supported by the fact that the same is the case in San Andres Creole English and that the item in question combines with the past negator neva. However, as English copulas are becoming more and more frequent in Nicaraguan Creole English, this analysis may no longer hold in the future.

Values

Experiencer is subject, 'fear' is verbal

Example 11-214:
Wan taim L. neva freed.
Wan
one
taim
time
L.
L.
neva
neg.pst
freed.
afraid
Previously, L. wasn’t afraid.

Source: nd

Example 11-215:
Mi fried.
Mi
1sg
fried.
afraid
I am afraid.
Confidence:
Very certain