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Ordinary anaphoric pronoun Frequency: 87.5%
Example 53-318:
Compair Dahomey habillé
li
ben avé so la po mouton.
Compair
brother
Dahomey
Dahomey
habillé
dress
li
3sg
ben
well
avé
with
so
3sg
.
poss
lapo
skin
mouton.
sheep
Brother Dahomey dressed himself well with his sheep's skin.
Source:
Neumann-Holzschuh (eds.) 1987
: 18
Confidence:
Certain
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Reflexive pronoun with ‘body’ or body-part Frequency: 12.5%
Example 53-321:
Fo mo grouyé
mo cor
.
Fo
it.is.necessary
mo
1sg
grouyé
move
mo
1sg
.
poss
cor.
body
I have to hurry.
Source:
Neumann-Holzschuh (eds.) 1987
: 19
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Language:
Louisiana Creole (old texts)
Feature:
Reflexive constructions
Source:
Neumann-Holzschuh (eds.) 1987
: 18-19
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