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Example 6-112
All the hunt he does hunt ne never catch nothing.
All
all
the
det
hunt
hunt
he
3sg
.
m
does
hab
hunt
hunt
ne
3sg
.
m
never
never
catch
catch
nothing.
nothing
However much he hunts, he has never caught anything.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Solomon 1993
: 77
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
by
Susanne Mühleisen
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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