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Example 16-94
mek à sɛʧ dɛ padi
wit
dɛm
mek
caus
/
imp
à
1sg
sɛʧ
search
dɛ
art
padi
buddy
wit
with
dɛm
3pl
.
obl
Let me search the guy with them.
Comment:
Student Pidgin: comitative
wit
'with' .
Wit
can mark both comitative and instrumentalis.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Comitatives and instrumentals: Overlap
Noun phrase conjunction and comitative: Differentiation
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