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Value Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
Language:
Negerhollands
Parameter:
Verb doubling and focus
References
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 63
Examples
[...] a lak am lo lak!
[...]
[...]
a
cop
lak
laugh
am
3sg
lo
prog
lak!
laugh
[...] he was laughing!
See
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 63
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