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Value Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Verb doubling and focus
References
Arends 1989
: 100ff
Examples
Da
koksi
ju koksi mi.
Da
it.be
koksi
mock
yu
2sg
koksi
mock
mi.
1sg
You are really mocking me.
German:
Du hast recht deinen Spott mit mir. [op.cit.]
See
Schumann 1783
: 84
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