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Example 6-113
Iz walk he walkin.
Iz
is
walk
walk.
prog
he
3sg
.
m
walkin.
walk.
prog
He really is walking (and not taking the bus).
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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