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Example 16-101
mà brɔda bì soʤmã
mà
1sg
.
poss
brɔda
brother
bì
cop
soʤmã
soldierman
My brother is a soldier.
Comment:
This example shows the use of the equative copula
bì
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 234
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative noun phrases: Invariant copula
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases: Differentiation
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