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Value Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
Language:
Nengee
Parameter:
Verb doubling and focus
References
Goury and Migge 2003
: 163
;
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 322f
Examples
Na sutu a musu e sutu en anga nefi.
Na
cop
/
foc
sutu
shoot
a
he
musu
must
e
ipfv
sutu
shoot
en
him
anga
with
nefi.
knife
What he must be doing is stabbing him with a knife.
See
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 322
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