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Example 49-323
Se chire Siltana te chire rad la.
Se
hl
chire
tear
Siltana
Sultana
te
ant
chire
tear
rad
clothes
la.
def
Sultana had torn the clothes.
French:
Sultana avait déchiré le vêtement.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Dejean 1982
: 42
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling and focus: Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
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