Datapoint Kriol/Experiencer constructions with ‘fear’
It is not entirely certain how to distinguish between a verbal and a non-verbal construction for 'fear' constructions. The decision here was based on the form of the expression, "verbal" frait vs. 'adjectival" fraiten, but this may have been influenced by the lexifer. In any case the experiencer is consistently in subject position.
Values 
Experiencer is subject, 'fear' is non-verbal
Frequency: 50.0%
- Example 25-253:
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Ai bin telim yu thei bin fraiten.Ai1sgbinpsttel-imtell-tryu2sgthei3plbinpstfraiten.frightenedI (just) told you, they were frightened.
- Example 25-269:
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Hi fraiten tu getin.Hi3sgfraitenbe.frightenedtutogetin.get.inHe/she is frightened to get in. (i.e. He/she is frightened to put his/her hand into a hole to look for goanna out of fear of snakes.)
- Example 25-270:
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Imin ranawei mijelb na, maitbi fraiten.Im=in3sg=pstran-aweirun-awaymijelbselfna,nowmaitbimaybefraiten.frightenedShe ran away by herself, maybe (she ran away because) she was frightened.
- Example 25-271:
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Bat naja dubala bin du fraitn du gowin.Batbutnajaotherdubala3dubinpstdutoofraitnfrighteneddutogow-in.go-inBut the other two were too frightened to go in.
Source: Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 63
- Example 25-272:
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O wi bin geda shok, wi braitin-braitin tu, maidi wi mijinatbat.Oohwi1plbinpstgedagetshok,shockwi1plbraitin~braitinred.frightenedtu,toomaidimaybewi1plmijin-at-bat.missing-out-progOh we got a shock, we [were] frightened too, maybe we are missing out. (Context: flu vaccination)
Source: Angelo et al. 1998
- Confidence:
- Intermediate
Experiencer is subject, 'fear' is verbal
Frequency: 50.0%
- Example 25-54:
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Thei bin frait [...] we thei bin katim.Thei3plbinpstfraitfrightened/fear[...][...]wesubordthei3plbinpstkat-im.cut-trThey were afraid, since they cut him. (i.e. cut his finger off)
- Example 25-179:
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Im frait, dijan.Im3sgfrait,get.frighteneddijan.prox:adjHe gets frightened, this one.
- Confidence:
- Intermediate