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Example 66-120
Go aayər
jo
miinung.
Go
1sg
aayər
water
jo
foc
miinung.
drink
It’s water that I am drinking.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: In situ focusing (with particle)
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