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Value Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Verb doubling and focus
References
Huber 1999
: 187
Examples
ì bì bus è gò bus
ì
3sg
bì
cop
bus
booze
[è
[
3sg
gò
fut
bus]
booze]
It is drunk that he will get (by all means).
See
Huber 1999
: 187
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