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Example 2-275
A musu de
feti
den ben
feti,
yu sabi.
A
3sg
musu
must
de
cop
feti
fight
den
3pl
ben
pst
feti,
fight
yu
2sg
sabi.
know
They must have been fighting, you know.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Winford 2000
: 98
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling and focus: Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
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