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Example 29-211
Ook JAN het haar hoor sing.
Ook
also
JAN
John
het
pst
haar
3sg
.
f
.
obl
hoor
hear
sing.
sing.
inf
John too heard her sing.
Comment:
The NP following
ook
is necessarily stressed.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Focus particle ‘also’: Before the focused element
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