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Example 19-198
Nà gɔvna
bìn gi mi dan beca sɛf.
Nà
foc
/
cop
gɔvna
government
bìn
pst
gi
give
mi
1sg
.
emph
dan
that
beca
scholarship
sɛf.
emph
It’s actually the government that gave me that scholarship.
Comment:
This example additionally features clausal focus by means of
sef
[EMPH]
'self'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Field data
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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