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Value Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
Parameter:
Verb doubling and focus
References
Faraclas 1996
: 120-123
Examples
Nà wàka we̱ à wàka.
Nà
hl
wàka
walk
we̱
rel
à
1sg
.
sbj
wàka.
walk
It is walking that I did.
See
Faraclas 1996
: 120
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