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Example 17-184
Nà wàka we̱ à wàka.
Nà
hl
wàka
walk
we̱
rel
à
1sg
.
sbj
wàka.
walk
It is walking that I did.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 120
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling and focus: Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
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