Value Intensifiers and reflexives overlap

Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
References
Huber 1999: 201-202,

Examples

  1. ʃek jɔ̀ bɔdi smɔ
    ʃek
    shake
    jɔ̀
    2sg.poss
    bɔdi
    body
    smɔ
    small
    Shake yourself a little. OR: Shake your body a little.

    See Huber 1999: 202

  2. wɛn dè go, mi màsɛf dɛ foloin de dɛn à go dɛ
    wɛn
    when
    dè
    3pl
    go,
    go
    mi
    1sg
    màsɛf
    1sg.refl
    dɛ
    art
    foloin
    following
    de
    day
    dɛn
    then
    à
    1sg
    go
    go
    dɛ
    there
    After they had gone, I went there myself the following day.

    See Huber 1999: 229

  3. à fɔs màsɛf
    à
    1sg
    fɔs
    force
    mà-sɛf
    1sg-refl
    I forced myself.