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Example 12-260
Is all my generation live round here.
Is
foc
all
all
my
1sg
.
poss
generation
generation
live
live
round
around
here.
here
It’s only people of my generation that live around here.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Holm and Shilling 1982
: 111
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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