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Example 16-34
dè brek dɛ̀m haus
dè
3pl
brek
break
dɛ̀m
3pl
.
poss
haus
house
They demolished their houses.
Comment:
The inanimate noun (
house
) is unmarked for plurality.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 200
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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