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Example 16-116
kɔfi kɔmɔt/pul dɛ pikin frɔm/fɔr dɛ gɔta
kɔfi
Kofi
kɔmɔt/pul
come.out/pull
dɛ
art
pikin
child
frɔm/fɔr
from/for
dɛ
art
gɔta
gutter
Kofi pulled the child out of the gutter.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-from
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’: Special motion-from adposition
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