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Example 7-210
I bwai
self
tel yo so.
I
art
bwai
boy
self
self
tel
tell
yo
2.
obj
so.
so
The boy himself told you that.
Comment:
Self
intensifies the subject here and does not require a pronominal head.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 94
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns: Intensifiers and reflexives overlap
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