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Example 24-186
Wos ucklun break ar window.
Wos
was
ucklun
we
break
break
ar
det
.
def
window.
window
It was us who broke the window.
Comment:
Ucklun
refers to the insider-Pitcairn bloodline.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Norf'k
by
Peter Mühlhäusler
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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