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Example 52-108
a
chanté
yé té ka
chanté
a
hl
chanté
sing
yé
they
té
pst
ka
prog
chanté
sing
They were singing out loud (lit. It is singing they were singing).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
Language:
Guyanais
by
Stefan Pfänder
cite
Datapoints:
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
Verb doubling and focus: Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
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