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Example 22-181
Wanpela man long ples
yet
em bin sa tanim osem tevel.
Wanpela
one
man
man
long
prep
ples
village
yet
foc
em
3sg
bin
pst
sa
hab
tan-im
turn-
tr
osem
like
tevel.
spirit
A man from this village turned into a spirit.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Fronting with particle after focus
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