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Example 3-148
Síki dí wómi síki.
Síki
be.sick
dí
def
.
sg
wómi
man
síki.
be.sick
The man is really sick.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Veenstra 1996
: 20
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling and focus: Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
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