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Value Accusative alignment
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns
Examples
wì gɛt sɔm wumã we dè dè kuk
wì
1pl
gɛt
get
sɔm
indf
wumã
woman
we
comp
dè
3pl
dè
hab
kuk
cook
There were women who cooked (for us).
See
Huber 1999
: 204
dè hɛlp ɛ̀s
dè
3pl
hɛlp
help
ɛ̀s
1pl
.
obj
They helped us.
See
Huber 1999
: 181
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