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Example 16-62
sɔm pipu sɛf [...] dè no dè fit pe go fɔ dɛ̀a taũ
sɔm
some
pipu
people
sɛf
emph
[...]
[...]
dè
3pl
no
neg
dè
hab
fit
abil
pe
pay
go
go
fɔ
for
dɛ̀a
3pl
.
poss
taũ
town
Some people cannot even pay the money to go to their (home) town.
Comment:
This example shows the intervening ability marker
fit
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 228
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene
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