**** System in Black English

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UP: <[LINK]>

Sar = Saramaccan; JC = Jamaican Creole;

Tr = Trinidadian; BEV = Black English Vernacular

-- Hypertext links to <[LINK]> give examples

  1. CVCV syllable structure Sar <[LINK] -1.>
  2. preposed neg. ("no") + modal Sar <[LINK] -2.>
  3. pass, surpass as comparative V. Sar <[LINK] -3.>
  4. Genderless 3rd p. s. pronoun "im" Sar <[LINK] -4.>
  5. "fi" prevrb. indir. command, purposives Sar JC <[LINK] -5.>
  6. verb leaves copy when fronted (PRO-drop) Sar JC <[LINK] -6.>
  7. adverbial ideophones Sar JC Tr (BEV) <[LINK] -7.>
  8. "se" as perception adjoiner Sar JC Tr (BEV) <[LINK] -8.>
  9. pro. subjective in hortative "let I tell you" Sar JC Tr (BEV) <[LINK] -9.>
  10. simple past V is completed action Sar JC Tr (BEV) <[LINK] -10.>
  11. "them" as enclitic plural marker Sar JC Tr BEV <[LINK] -11.>
  12. Stative transitive V. = Eng. "-ening" Sar JC Tr BEV <[LINK] -12.>
  13. Non-Eng. syntactic repetition in discourse Sar JC Tr BEV <[LINK] -13.>
  14. consecutive V's may refer back to prev. Vs. Sar JC Tr BEV <[LINK] -14.>
  15. Adverbs in AUX position ? JC Tr BEV <[LINK] -15.>
  16. postverbal particle from surface Eng. prep.s ? JC Tr ? <[LINK] -16.>

Sutcliffe with Figueroa, _System in Black Language_, 132-33.