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Example 28-35
da iʃi twalen jɛnda hiri
da
foc
iʃi
1pl
twɛ
two
alen
alone
jɛn-da
be-there
hiri
here
The two of us alone were here.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 176
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Dual in independent personal pronouns: No special dual form
Predicative locative phrases: Invariant copula
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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