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Example 32-176
El
tanben
el ben morá má Iolanda.
El
3sg
tanben
also
el
3sg
ben
come
morá
live
má
with
Iolanda.
Iolanda
He also came to live with Iolanda.
Portuguese:
Ele também veio morar com a Iolanda.
Comment:
Tanben
'also' immediately follows focused pronoun.
Iolanda
is a proper name.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Focus particle ‘also’: After the focused element
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