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Example 57-91
ma ndefan mwa paske la ule tape ave a mbwa
ma
1sg
ndefan
defend
mwa
1sg
paske
because
la
3sg
ule
want
tape
hit
ave
with
a
a
mbwa
stick
I defend myself because he/she wanted to hit me with a stick.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
: 140
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Datapoints:
Reflexive constructions: Ordinary anaphoric pronoun
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns: No special reflexive pronouns exist
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