Datapoint San Andres Creole English/Verb doubling and focus

Values

Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause

Example 10-243:
Francy breda staat laaf, an se da faam ihn wende faam.
Francy
Francy
breda
brother
staat
start
laaf,
laugh
an
and
se
say
da
foc
faam
pretend
ihn
3sg
wende
ant.prog
faam.
pretend
Francy's brother started to laugh, and said that Francy was just pretending.
Example 10-244:
Da kliin ihn wehn de kliin an no de kuk.
Da
foc
kliin
clean
ihn
3sg
wehn
ant
de
prog
kliin
clean
an
and
no
neg
de
prog
kuk.
cook
She was cleaning and not cooking.
Confidence:
Very certain