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Value Instrument of the second verb, no resumptive pronoun
Language:
Pichi
Parameter:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions
References
Yakpo 2009
Examples
Dɛ̀n tek wan blak làpá dɛ̀n kɔba yu.
Dɛ̀n
3pl
tek
take
wan
one
blak
black
làpá
cloth
dɛ̀n
3pl
kɔba
cover
yu.
2sg
.
emph
They took a black cloth [and] they covered you. OR: They covered you with a black cloth.
See
Yakpo 2009
: 631
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