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Example 16-153
ì bì bus è gò bus
ì
3sg
bì
cop
bus
booze
[è
[
3sg
gò
fut
bus]
booze]
It is drunk that he will get (by all means).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 187
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling and focus: Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
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