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Example 7-254
Hi biit evri wan hi pikni an dem ivn i beibi.
Hi
3sg
biit
beat
evri
every
wan
one
hi
3sg
.
poss
pikni
child
an
and
dem
pl
ivn
even
i
art
beibi.
baby
He flogged all his children including the baby.
Comment:
The same
ivn
+ NP structure will hold if this NP is the subject of the sentence.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Focus particle ‘also’: Before the focused element
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