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Example 9-193
Da ʃɛl haya di bowt fra djimi.
Da
foc
ʃɛl
Shell
haya
hire
di
the
bowt
boat
fra
from
djimi.
Jimmy
It's Shell that rented Jimmy's boat.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1993
: 234
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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