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Example 16-136
auà ʧikĩ
no
bì laik dɛ wã wait mã dè du
auà
1sg
.
poss
ʧikĩ
chicken
no
neg
bì
cop
laik
like
dɛ
art
wã
one
[Ø
[Ø
wait
white
mã
man
dè
hab
du
do
Ø]
Ø]
Our chickens are not like the ones white people raise.
Comment:
This example shows zero + gap.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 182
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Object relative clauses: Zero and gap
Negative morpheme types: Negative particle
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