Value Cleft with copula before focus

Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Focusing of the noun phrase
References
Huber 1999: 185-187, 247-252

Examples

  1. ì bì dɛm we dè kam briŋ dɛ blaŋkɛs
    ì
    3sg
    bì
    cop
    dɛm
    3pl
    [(we
    [(comp
    dè)
    3pl)
    kam
    come
    briŋ
    bring
    dɛ
    art
    blaŋkɛs]
    blanket.pl]
    It was them who brought the blankets.

    See Huber 1999: 196

  2. ì bì puɔ puɔ dè mek jù dè go bus
    ì
    3sg
    bì
    cop
    puɔ~puɔ
    poor~poor
    [dè
    [hab
    mek
    caus
    jù
    2sg
    dè
    hab
    go
    go
    bus]
    booze]
    It is poverty that makes you go and drink.

    See Huber 1999: 242