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Value Cleft with copula before focus
Language:
Nengee
Parameter:
Focusing of the noun phrase
References
Goury and Migge 2003
: 162f
;
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 315f
Examples
Na a sama de gi mi en.
Na
cop
/
foc
a
det
.
sg
sama
person
de
there
gi
give
mi
me
en.
it
It was the person there who gave it to me.
See
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 315
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