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Example 49-328
Yo arete l
tou.
Yo
3pl
arete
arrest
l
3sg
tou.
also
They have stopped/arrested her, too.
French:
Ils l'ont aussi arrêtée.
Comment:
The focus is on 'her'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fattier 1998
: vol. 6, 268
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Focus particle ‘also’: After the focused element
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