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Example 9-195
Da dril dey me de dril.
Da
top
dril
drill
dey
3pl
me
ant
de
prog
dril.
drill
What they did was to drill (for oil).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1980-1989
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling and focus: Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
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