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Example 2-277
Na
kon
yu e
kon
fu teki a moni kba?
Na
foc
kon
come
yu
2sg
e
ipfv
kon
come
fu
for
teki
take
a
det
moni
money
kba?
already
You’ve come already to take the money?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Wilner 1992
: 47
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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