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Value Neutral alignment
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases
Examples
dɛ dairɛkta laik mà mata
dɛ
art
dairɛkta
director
laik
like
mà
1sg
.
poss
mata
matter
The director likes me.
See
Huber 1999
: 229
dɛ̀a bɛlɛ mek big big
dɛ̀a
3pl
.
poss
bɛlɛ
belly
mek
make
big~big
big~big
Their bellies were all swollen up.
See
Huber 1999
: 200
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