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Value Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
References
Huber 1999
: 222-223
Examples
wataim à gò fìt gɛt mɔni?
wataim
when
à
1sg
gò
fut
/
irr
fìt
abil
gɛt
get
mɔni?
money
When will I be able to get money? OR: When will I possibly get the money?
See
Huber 1999
: 178
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