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Example 4-175
Na a sama de gi mi en.
Na
cop
/
foc
a
det
.
sg
sama
person
de
there
gi
give
mi
me
en.
it
It was the person there who gave it to me.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 315
Language:
Nengee
by
Bettina Migge
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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