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Gokana
Gokana is a language of the Benue-Congo system. It uses the verbal suffix -èè, with several different phonological variations to indicate logophoricity (Cunrow 2002:10) harvcol error: no target: CITEREFCunrow2002 (help).This can be seen in the example below.
?. aè kɔ aè dɔ
he said he fell
'Hei said that hej fell
?. aè kɔ aè dɔ-ɛ
he said he fell-LOG
'Hei said that hei fell (Hyman & Comrie 1981:20) harvcol error: no target: CITEREFHyman_&_Comrie1981 (help)
For example in Ewe, a language spoken in Ghana, the logophoric pronoun yè can criticize onto the verb.
a. Kofi be e-dzo
Kofi say 3S-leave
Kofii said that he/shej left
b. Kofi be yè-dzo
Kofi say LOG-leave
Kofii said that hei left (Culy 1994:1055) harvcol error: no target: CITEREFCuly1994 (help)
<<Good example? Ewe functions off of a pronoun system>>
Gokana - logophoric verb suffix that does not mark for person
