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Value Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
Language:
Saramaccan
Parameter:
Verb doubling and focus
References
Veenstra 1996
: 20
Examples
Síki dí wómi síki.
Síki
be.sick
dí
def
.
sg
wómi
man
síki.
be.sick
The man is really sick.
See
Veenstra 1996
: 20
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