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Example 25-332
E. ken tel yu thet stori tu.
E.
E.
ken
can
tel
tell
yu
2sg
thet
dem
stori
story
tu.
too
E. can tell you that story too! OR: E. too can tell you that story.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the focus particle
tu
'too, also' (which here has scope over the subject).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Focus particle ‘also’: Non-adjacent following
Syllable onsets: Onsets at most moderately complex
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