Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Example 17-146
À tek nayf giv yù.
À
1sg
.
sbj
tek
take.
ins
nayf
knife
giv
give
yù.
2sg
.
obj
I gave you the knife.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 75-80, 141-150
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation possible
×