Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Example 33-176
I lanha
si kabesa
. ~ I lanha.
I
3sg
lanha
cut
si
3sg
kabesa.
head
~
~
I
3sg
lanha.
cut
He cut himself.
Portuguese:
Ele cortou-se.
Comment:
There are no reflexive pronouns in the language. Reflexivization is expressed by means of the following counstruction: POSS
+ kabesa
or by deletion of the direct object.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Kihm 1994
: 165
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Datapoints:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns: Intensifiers and reflexives are differentiated
×