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Example 8-157
A swel it swel, luk da. A bigfut dem gi mi.
A
foc
swel
swell
it
3sg
swel,
swell
luk
look
da.
there
A
foc
bigfut
bigfoot
dem
3pl
gi
give
mi.
1sg
It really swelled up, look there. Someone caused me to have elephantiasis. OR: It really swelled up, look there. Someone gave me the bigfoot.
Comment:
The first translation is mine, while the other translation is that given by Patrick (2007: 138).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Patrick 2007
: 138
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling and focus: Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
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