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Value Accusative alignment
Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns
References
Rickford 1987
: 148
Examples
(1) mii; yuu; hii; awii; a(l)yu; dem (2) hii, shii, it
(1)
(1)
mii;
I/me
yuu;
you.
sg
hii;
he/him/she/her/it
awii;
we/us
a(l)yu;
you.
pl
dem
they/them
(2)
(2)
hii,
he/him
shii,
she/her
it
it
(1) I/me; you (SG); he/him, she/her, it; we/us; you (PL); they/them (2) he/him, she/her, it
kombain kot am, win am an ful am in bag
kombain
combined.harvester
kot
cut
am,
3sg
.
acc
win
winnow
am
3sg
.
acc
an
and
ful
full
am
3sg
.
acc
in
in
bag
bag
Combined harvesters cut it, winnow it and bag it. OR: Using combined harvesters, (we) cut, winnow and bag it (the rice).
See
Persaud 1970
: 16
wel ii a piil kookno(t)
wel
well
ii
3sg
a
prog
piil
peel
kookno(t)
coconut
Well he was peeling coconuts.
See
Rickford 1987
: 130
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