MIAMI - Herring9
Instances of little for speaker LUK

5LUKbecause I think that's a little bit <more pressing> [//] more important right now (...) than looking at some dollar store online [?] .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ bitbit.N.SG moremore.ADJ pressingpress.N.SG+ASV moremore.ADV importantimportant.ADJ rightright.ADJ nownow.ADV thanthan.CONJ lookinglook.V.PRESPART atat.PREP somesome.ADJ dollardollar.N.SG storestore.N.SG onlineunk .
  
14LUKohSE yeah <it's a &b> [//] it's a little gay that um (.) that it's at Hotmail_dot_com not Hotfemale_dot_com .
  ohoh.IM yeahyeah.ADV it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ gaygay.ADJ thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR umum.IM thatthat.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES atat.PREP Hotmail_dot_comname notnot.ADV Hotfemale_dot_comname .
  
128LUKso that means that there's a little connection that lets me do it with this key .
  soso.ADV thatthat.DEM.FAR meansmeans.N.SG.[or].mean.V.3S.PRES thatthat.CONJ there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ connectionconnection.N.SG thatthat.CONJ letslet.V.3S.PRES meme.PRON.OBJ.1S dodo.SV.INFIN itit.PRON.SUB.3S withwith.PREP thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG keykey.N.SG .
  
210LUKdoes that sound a little orca to you ?
  doesdoes.V.INFIN thatthat.DEM.FAR soundsound.N.SG aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ orcaorca.N.SG toto.PREP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP ?
  
320LUKthat little girlfriend of mine from BirminghamSE ?
  thatthat.DEM.FAR littlelittle.ADJ girlfriendgirlfriend.N.SG ofof.PREP minemine.PRON.POSS.1S fromfrom.PREP Birminghamname ?
  
463LUKhe's [/] he's [/] he's like laughing and wagging the little stub for a tail that he has .
  he'she.PRON.SUB.M.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES he'she.PRON.SUB.M.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES he'she.PRON.SUB.M.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES likelike.CONJ laughinglaugh.V.PRESPART andand.CONJ waggingunk thethe.DET.DEF littlelittle.ADJ stubstub.N.SG forfor.PREP aa.DET.INDEF tailtail.N.SG thatthat.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S hasha.IM+V 3S PRES.[or].has.V.3S.PRES .
  
864LUKand <it's just> [//] it's inappropriate <for a> [/] for a petite little lady like yourself .
  andand.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES inappropriateinappropriate.ADJ forfor.PREP aa.DET.INDEF forfor.PREP aa.DET.INDEF petitepetite.ADJ littlelittle.ADJ ladylady.N.SG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG yourselfyourself.PRON.REFL.2SP .
  
995LUKyour mother is a little midget with no meat on her bones .
  youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP mothermoth.N.SG+COMP.AG.[or].mother.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ midgetmidget.N.SG withwith.PREP nono.ADV meatmeat.N.SG onon.PREP herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S bonesbone.N.PL .
  
1004LUK&haha a little stubby !
  aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ stubbystubby.ADJ !
  
1050LUK<you got> [///] you ever gone to one of the little play thingies and been (.) gloomy ?
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP gotgot.V.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP everever.ADV gonegone.AV.PAST toto.PREP oneone.PRON.SG ofof.PREP thethe.DET.DEF littlelittle.ADJ playplay.N.SG thingiesunk andand.CONJ beenbeen.V.PASTPART gloomygloomy.ADJ ?
  

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