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Example 16-113
kɔfi puʃ dɛ pikin fɔ gɔta
kɔfi
Kofi
puʃ
push
dɛ
art
pikin
child
fɔ
for
gɔta
gutter
Kofi pushed the child into the gutter.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: Special motion-to preposition
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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