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Example 27-130
[...] a lak am lo lak!
[...]
[...]
a
cop
lak
laugh
am
3sg
lo
prog
lak!
laugh
[...] he was laughing!
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 63
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling and focus: Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
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