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Example 28-185
di potman, da blɛndso bigintɛ blɛndɛ
di
the
potɛ-man,
old-man
da
cop
blɛndɛ
blind
so
foc
o
3sg
bigin-tɛ
begin-
pfv
blɛndɛ
blind
The father, he began to really get blind.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 2007
: 40
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling and focus: Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
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