Value Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause

Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Verb doubling and focus
References
Winford 2000

Examples

  1. A musu de feti den ben feti, yu sabi.
    A
    3sg
    musu
    must
    de
    cop
    feti
    fight
    den
    3pl
    ben
    pst
    feti,
    fight
    yu
    2sg
    sabi.
    know
    They must have been fighting, you know.

    See Winford 2000: 98

  2. A stik yu o stik a pikin.
    A
    foc
    stik
    stifle
    yu
    2sg
    o
    fut
    stik
    stifle
    a
    det
    pikin.
    child
    You’ll suffocate the child this way.
  3. Na kon yu e kon fu teki a moni kba?
    Na
    foc
    kon
    come
    yu
    2sg
    e
    ipfv
    kon
    come
    fu
    for
    teki
    take
    a
    det
    moni
    money
    kba?
    already
    You’ve come already to take the money?

    See Wilner 1992: 47