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Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
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Intensifiers and reflexives are identical
Example 13-157:
Le mi die for
mesef
.
Le
let
mi
1sg
.
obj
die
die
for
for
mesef.
1sg
.
obj
.
refl
Let me die for myself.
Source:
Turner [1949] 2002
: 270
Example 13-158:
A
mesef
a man onda tority ob offisa wa oba me.
A
1sg
.
sbj
mesef
intens
a
a
man
man
onda
under
tority
authority
ob
of
offisa
officers
wa
what
oba
over
me.
me
I myself am a man under the authority of officers who are over me. (Mt 8.9)
Source:
Anonymous 2005
: 25
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Language:
Gullah
Feature:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
Source:
Own knowledge
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