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Value Fronting with particle after focus
Language:
Saramaccan
Parameter:
Focusing of the noun phrase
References
Veenstra 1996
: 36
Examples
Hén we bì fufúu dí biífi dí mi mujée bì mandá dá mi.
Hén
3sg
we
foc
bì
tns
fufúu
steal
dí
def
.
sg
biífi
letter
dí
that
mi
1sg
mujée
woman
bì
tns
mandá
send
dá
give
mi.
1sg
HE had stolen the letter that my wife had sent to me.
See
Veenstra 1996
: 36
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