Value Differentiation

Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb
References
Huber 1999: 234

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. mi à no gɛt mɔni fɔ transpɔt o
    mi
    1sg
    à
    1sg
    no
    neg
    gɛt
    get
    mɔni
    money
    fɔ
    for
    transpɔt
    transport
    o
    emph
    I don't have money for transportation.

    See Huber 1999: 192