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Instrumental expressions
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Serial verb Frequency: 50.0%
Example 16-91:
dè tek kalabaʃ fɛʧ àm
dè
3pl
tek
take
kalabaʃ
calabash
fɛʧ
fetch
àm
3sg
.
obj
They fetch it with calabashes.
Source:
Huber 1999
: 238
Confidence:
Very certain
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Adposition Frequency: 50.0%
Example 16-92:
wì dè dig àm
wit
pikaks
wit
ɛvritin
wit
ʃɔful
wì
1pl
dè
prog
dig
dig
àm
3sg
.
obj
wit
with
pikaks
pickaxe
wit
with
ɛvritin
everything
wit
with
ʃɔful
shovel
We were digging it (out) with pickaxes, with anything, with shovels.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Feature:
Instrumental expressions
Source:
Own fieldwork
Huber 1999
: 238-239
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