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Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns
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Accusative alignment
Example 17-91:
À slip.
À
1sg
.
sbj
slip.
sleep
I slept.
Example 17-92:
À si-am.
À
1sg
.
sbj
si-am.
see-
3sg
.
obj
I saw him/her.
Example 17-93:
Ìm si mì.
Ìm
3sg
.
sbj
si
see
mì.
1sg
.
obj
S/he saw me.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
Feature:
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 179, 217
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