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Example 2-273
Na
leriman a man de.
Na
foc
leriman
teacher
a
det
man
man
de.
cop
The man’s a TEACHER.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Winford 1997
: 277
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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