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Example 16-154
dagɔmba ʧif tu ĩ tu de dɛ
dagɔmba
Dagomba
ʧif
chief
tu
foc
ĩ
3sg
tu
foc
de
cop
dɛ
there
The Dagomba chief was also there.
Comment:
Dagomba chief
and
i
are both focused by postposed
tu
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 249
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Focus particle ‘also’: After the focused element
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