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Example 13-190
Duh
Sara we duh talk about.
Duh
hl
Sara
Sara
we
we
duh
ipfv
talk
talk
about.
about
It's Sara we are talking about.
Comment:
The non-copula highlighter
duh
appears to be homophonous with the progressive aspect marker.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Mufwene 2004
: 368
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Fronting with particle before focus
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