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Example 34-162
I
Mariya
ku
no wojá.
I
cop
Mariya
Mary
ku
rel
.
obj
no
1pl
.
sbj
ø
pfv
wojá.
see
It is Mary that we saw.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Casamancese Creole
by
Noël Bernard Biagui
and
Nicolas Quint
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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