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Value Instrument of the second verb, with resumptive pronoun
Language:
Principense
Parameter:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions
References
Maurer 2009
: 114-116
Examples
Ê tan
lima
da kompwe sê
kôli
n'uwê.
Ê
3sg
tan
take
lima
file
da
give
kompwe
fellow
sê
poss
.
3sg
ki
with
êli
it
na
loc
uwê.
eye
He blew his friend in the eyes with a file. OR: He took the file and blew his friend in the eyes with it.
See
Maurer 2009
: 116
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