Value Invariant copula

Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Predicative locative phrases
References
Huber 1999: 234-236

Examples

  1. rod no de dɛ bifɔ; bat nau rod de
    rod
    road
    no
    neg
    de
    cop
    dɛ
    dem
    bifɔ;
    before
    bat
    but
    nau
    now
    rod
    road
    de
    cop
    There was no road there before. But now there is a road.

    See Huber 1999: 235

  2. waia gɔs we ì de (fɔ) dɛ wɔta
    waia
    wire
    gɔs
    gaze
    we
    comp
    ì
    3sg
    de
    cop
    (fɔ)
    (for)
    dɛ
    art
    wɔta
    water
    a wire gaze that is in the water