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Example 16-118
dɛ viliʤ viliʤ pikin ɔ rɔn kɔm hiɛ
dɛ
art
viliʤ~viliʤ
village~village
pikin
child
ɔ
all
rɔn
run
kɔm
come
hiɛ
here
The children from the villages are all running to this place.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 237
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go': ‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
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