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Example 6-110
Is lash he lash me.
Is
foc
lash
strike
he
3sg
.
m
lash
strike
me.
1sg
.
obj
What he really did was strike me.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Solomon 1993
: 77
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
by
Susanne Mühleisen
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling and focus: Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
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