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Example 16-48
dè giv às abau wan wan kilo
dè
3pl
giv
give
às
1pl
.
obj
abau
about
wan~wan
one~one
kilo
kilo
They gave us about one kilo each.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Adnominal distributive numerals: Distributivity marked by reduplication
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked
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