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Example 16-69
dɛ dairɛkta laik mà mata
dɛ
art
dairɛkta
director
laik
like
mà
1sg
.
poss
mata
matter
The director likes me.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 229
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
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
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Neutral alignment
Experiencer constructions with ‘like’: Experiencer is subject
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