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Example 19-135
Ɔl dì tin we
yu àn dan man
bìn gɛt [...].
Ɔl
all
dì
def
tin
thing
we
subord
yu
2sg
.
emph
àn
and
dan
that
man
man
bìn
ant
gɛt
have
[...].
[...]
All the things that you and that man had [...].
Comment:
The coordinator /an/ may be used for NP coordination and clausal coordination. The use of
àn
'and' is however marginal.
wìt
'with; and' is preferred for NP coordination while /we/ is usually employed as a clausal coordinator.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 187
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
Noun phrase conjunction and comitative: Overlap
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Identity and differentiation
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