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Example 5-174
a
da
a
wa mi se
a
foc
da
that
a
eq
.
cop
wa
what
mi
1sg
se
say
It is that that I said. OR: That is what I said.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 147, line 351
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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