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Value Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Generic noun phrases in subject function
References
Huber 1999
: 190-193
Examples
polismã ì bi laik wumã
polismã
policeman
ì
3sg
bi
cop
laik
like
wumã
woman
Policemen are like women.
See
Huber 1999
: 234
man
gò wɔk
man
man
gò
fut
wɔk
work
Men/people will work.
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