Value Two-way contrast

Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives
References
Huber 1999: 193-195

Examples

  1. dat ples, no mɔskitos
    dat
    dem
    ples,
    place
    no
    neg
    mɔskito-s
    mosquito-pl
    There are no mosquitoes in that place.

    See Huber 1999: 206

  2. busu busu ì bì dis smɔl lamp, afrikã lamp
    busu~busu
    busu~busu
    ì
    3sg
    bì
    cop
    dis
    dem.prox
    smɔl
    small
    lamp,
    lamp
    afrikã
    African
    lamp
    lamp
    Busu-Busu is this small African lamp.

    See Huber 1999: 232