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Example 21-145
It was my father who built the house.
It
it
was
be.
pst
my
1sg
.
poss
father
father
who
pro
built
build.
pst
the
det
house.
house
It was my father who built the house.
Comment:
The nominal cleft construction is more acrolectal/higher-mesolectal, cf.
My father build the house one.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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