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Object relative clauses
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Relative particle and resumptive pronoun Frequency: 41.7%
Example 16-135:
dɛ pipu we ì invait dɛm
dɛ
art
pipu
people
[we
[
rel
ì
3sg
invait
invite
dɛm]
3pl
.
obj
]
the people that he invited
Source:
Huber 1999
: 191
Confidence:
Very certain
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Zero and resumptive pronoun Frequency: 25.0%
Example 16-137:
dɛ mã à dè draiv àm nau
dɛ
art
mã
man
[Ø
[Ø
à
1sg
dè
hab
draiv
drive
àm
3sg
.
obj
nau]
now]
the man that I am driving now
Source:
Huber 1999
: 185
Confidence:
Very certain
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Relative particle and gap Frequency: 25.0%
Example 16-134:
dis jam we wì dè ʧɔp ʧɔp
dis
dem
jam
yam
[we
[
rel
wì
1pl
dè
hab
ʧɔp~ʧɔp
eat~eat
Ø]
Ø]
these yams that we eat
Source:
Huber 1999
: 185
Confidence:
Very certain
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Zero and gap Frequency: 8.3%
Example 16-136:
auà ʧikĩ
no
bì laik dɛ wã wait mã dè du
auà
1sg
.
poss
ʧikĩ
chicken
no
neg
bì
cop
laik
like
dɛ
art
wã
one
[Ø
[Ø
wait
white
mã
man
dè
hab
du
do
Ø]
Ø]
Our chickens are not like the ones white people raise.
Source:
Huber 1999
: 182
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Feature:
Object relative clauses
Source:
Huber 1999
: 180-185
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