Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Example 11-317
Dem iz huu woz marginated.
Dem
3pl
iz
cop
.
prs
huu
rel
woz
cop
.
pst
marginat-ed.
marginate-
ptcp
It is/was them who were marginated.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula after focus
×