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Example 16-91
dè tek kalabaʃ fɛʧ àm
dè
3pl
tek
take
kalabaʃ
calabash
fɛʧ
fetch
àm
3sg
.
obj
They fetch it with calabashes.
Comment:
This example shows serialized
tek
(<
take
) marking the instrument.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 238
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Instrumental expressions: Serial verb
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Instrument of the second verb, no resumptive pronoun
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