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Value Compound reflexive pronoun with emphasizer
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Reflexive constructions
References
Kouwenberg 1994
: 181-7
;
Kouwenberg 2007
: 47
Examples
o goi-tɛ
ʃi sel
mingi ben tobːoːː
o
3sg
gui-tɛ
throw-
pfv
ʃi
3sg
.
poss
selfu
self
mingi
water
ben
inside
tobːoːː
splash
It threw itself "splash!" into the water.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 182
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