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Example 29-207
Sukkel sal hy sukkel!
Sukkel
struggle
sal
shall
hy
3sg
.
m
.
nom
sukkel!
struggle
He will jolly well struggle!
Comment:
Verb-doubling is emphatic and, in the above case, expresses an inevitability of which the speaker is very convinced (and by which (s)he is rather pleased, i.e. there is an affective component to the meaning expressed here).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling and focus: No verb doubling
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