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Example 17-148
Ìm tek nayf chuk mì fò̱r ay wìt-am.
Ìm
3sg
.
sbj
tek
take.
ins
nayf
knife
chuk
pierce
mì
1sg
.
obj
fò̱r
prep
ay
eye
wìt-am.
prep
.
ins
-
3sg
.
obj
S/he stabbed me in the eye with a knife.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 75-80, 141-150
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Instrument of the second verb, with resumptive pronoun
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