Datapoint Ghanaian Pidgin English/The prohibitive

Ghanaian Pidgin English has two ways of expressing the imperative - 1. bare verb, or 2. mek jù + bare verb:

(mek jù) go
[(CAUS 2SG) go]
'Go!' (imperative)

However, the prohibitive is only attested in the form mek jù no + bare verb:

mek jù no go
[CAUS 2SG NEG go]
'Don't go!' (prohibitive).

Values

Normal imperative construction and normal negator

Example 16-73:
jù no dè giv àm ʧɔp mɔni
jù
2sg
no
neg
dè
hab
giv
give
àm
3sg.obj
ʧɔp
food
mɔni
money
You do not pay him food allowance.

Source: Huber 1999: 191

Example 16-74:
(mek jù) hiɛ!
(mek
(caus/imp
jù)
2sg)
hiɛ!
hear
Listen!

Source: Huber 1999: 224

Example 16-75:
mek jù no wɔri!
mek
caus/imp
jù
2sg
no
neg
wɔri!
worry
Don't worry!
Confidence:
Very certain