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Value Person-indexing on possessum
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Marking of possessor noun phrases
References
Huber 1999
: 210-211
Examples
à hiɛ dɛ fud in tes
à
1sg
hiɛ
hear
dɛ
art
fud
food
in
3sg
.
poss
tes
taste
I smelled the food. OR: I smell the food (lit. I heard the food's taste).
See
Huber 1999
: 211
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