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Nigerian Pidgin
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Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases
While some pronouns are marked for case, full nominals are not.
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Neutral alignment
Example 17-88:
Chidi si Audu.
Chidi
Chidi
si
see
Audu.
Audu
Chidi saw Audu.
Example 17-89:
Audu si Chidi.
Audu
Audu
si
see
Chidi.
Chidi
Audu saw Chidi.
Example 17-90:
Chidi drink.
Chidi
Chidi
drink.
drink
Chidi drank.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
Feature:
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 135-140, 179, 217-218
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