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Example 17-86
Ìm no dè go tawn.
Ìm
3sg
.
sbj
no
neg
dè
ncompl
go
go
tawn.
town
S/he is not going to town.
Type:
unknown
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator
Expression of pronominal subjects: Obligatory pronoun words
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