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Value Bare fronting (without particle)
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Focusing of the noun phrase
References
Velupillai 2003
: 176
Examples
ʃi da wan
hu
da fə˞s wɛn ʃo mi wɛ da bal
ʃi
she
da
art
wan
one
[hu
[
rel
da
art
fə˞s
first
wɛn
pst
.
pfv
ʃo
show
mi
1sg
.
obl
wɛ
where
da
art
bal]
ball]
She was the one who was the first to show me where the ball was.
See
Velupillai 2003
: 176
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