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Example 16-148
jù
no
gò tek
natin
nak àm
jù
2sg
no
neg
gò
fut
tek
take
natin
nothing
nak
knock
àm
3sg
.
obj
You would not hit it with anything.
Comment:
This example shows a co-occurrence of negator
no
and indefinite
no-
pronoun
natin
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 216
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and indefinite pronouns: Preclusion possible with preverbal indefinites
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