Datapoint Ghanaian Pidgin English/Predicative locative phrases

Values

Invariant copula

Example 16-104:
rod no de dɛ bifɔ; bat nau rod de
rod
road
no
neg
de
cop
dɛ
dem
bifɔ;
before
bat
but
nau
now
rod
road
de
cop
There was no road there before. But now there is a road.

Source: Huber 1999: 235

Example 16-115:
waia gɔs we ì de (fɔ) dɛ wɔta
waia
wire
gɔs
gaze
we
comp
ì
3sg
de
cop
(fɔ)
(for)
dɛ
art
wɔta
water
a wire gaze that is in the water
Confidence:
Very certain