Datapoint Gullah/Generic noun phrases in subject function
The suffixal plural marker in Example 53 is a bit surprising given its rarity elsewhere in earlier Gullah. Mufwene (1986b: 42) writes that generic uses of nouns can be in the singular or the plural, but provides no example of the kind called for here, that is, where both the subject and the situation to which the verb refers are generic.
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Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
Frequency: 53.8%
- Example 13-54:
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Dog eat scrap.Dogdogeateatscrap.scrapDogs eat scrap.
- Example 13-55:
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Rabbit eat grass.Rabbitrabbiteateatgrass.grassRabbits eat grass.
- Example 13-56:
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Snake eat frogs.Snakesnakeeateatfrogs.frogsSnakes eat frogs.
- Confidence:
- Certain
Bare plural noun phrase in languages with definite article
Frequency: 23.1%
- Example 13-53:
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Palmettuh cabbages is good eatin.Palmettuhpalmettocabbagescabbage.plisisgoodgoodeatin.eatingPalmetto cabbage tastes good.
- Confidence:
- Intermediate
Singular noun phrase with definite article
Frequency: 23.1%
- Example 13-52:
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Deh root doctuh kin hep yuh too. [...] Dey is powful smaht.Dehtherootrootdoctuhdoctorkincanhephelpyuhyoutoo.too[...][...]Deytheyisispowfulpowerfulsmaht.smartRoot doctors can help you, too. They are powerful and smart.
- Confidence:
- Intermediate