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Example 16-96
dè dè come
plas
dɛ hɛdmaster
dè
3pl
dè
prog
come
come
plas
plus
dɛ
art
hɛdmaster
headmaster
They were coming with the headmaster (in tow).
Comment:
Student Pidgin: comitative
plas
.
Plas
cannot mark the 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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