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Value Intensifiers and reflexives are differentiated
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
Parameter:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
References
Ayafor 2008
: 437
Examples
Mary si
im bodi
fo lookin-glas.
Mary
Mary
si
see
im
3sg
.
poss
bodi
body
fo
for
lookin-glas.
mirror
Mary saw herself in the mirror.
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nd
Darekto
yi sef-sef
tek we go pati.
Darekto
director
yi
3sg
.
sbj
sef-sef
self-self
tek
take
we
1pl
.
sbj
go
go
pati.
party
The director himself took us to the party.
See
Ayafor 2008
: 437
A bin go dey
masef.
A
1sg
.
sbj
bin
pst
go
go
dey
there
masef.
1sg
.
refl
I went there myself.
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nd
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