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Example 16-33
dɛ trɔks we dè briŋg àm frɔm ʤɛmɛni
dɛ
art
trɔk-s
truck-
pl
we
comp
dè
3pl
briŋg
bring
àm
3sg
.
obl
frɔm
FROM
ʤɛmɛni
Germany
the trucks they brought from Germany
Comment:
The inanimate noun (
truck
) is overtly marked for plurality.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 182
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
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