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Example 58-77
Yandi baka mwana nata yandi na nzo.
Yandi
he
baka-Ø
take-
narr
mwana
child
nata-Ø
take-
narr
yandi
him
na
conn
nzo.
house
He took the child and carried him home. OR: He took the child home.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Datapoints:
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Neutral alignment
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation possible
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