Datapoint Ghanaian Pidgin English/Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases

Values

Differentiation

Example 16-101:
mà brɔda bì soʤmã
1sg.poss
brɔda
brother
cop
soʤmã
soldierman
My brother is a soldier.

Source: Huber 1999: 234

Example 16-104:
rod no de dɛ bifɔ; bat nau rod de
rod
road
no
neg
de
cop
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)
art
wɔta
water
a wire gaze that is in the water
Confidence:
Very certain