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Example 5-177
hii doz go de
tu
?
hii
3sg
doz
hab
go
go
de
there
tu?
also
Does he go there too (in addition to other people). OR: Does he go there too (in addition to other places)?
Comment:
The use of the non-adjacent 'also' equivalent opens the possibility that the 'also' applies not to the NP
hii
but to the predicate.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Focus particle ‘also’: Non-adjacent following
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