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Example 17-175
À no si e̱nibo̱di.
À
1sg
.
sbj
no
neg
si
see
e̱nibo̱di.
anybody
I didn’t see anybody.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 90-91
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and indefinite pronouns: Preclusion possible with preverbal indefinites
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