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Example 9-194
Da im mek a da tatabuhende mek yu get ʧap.
Da
foc
im
him
mek
make
a
it
da
foc
tatabuhende
Tatabuhende
mek
make
yu
you
get
get
ʧap.
chop
It's him who does it, it's Tatabuhende who causes you to get hurt.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1983
: 42
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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