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Value Fronting with particle after focus
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Parameter:
Focusing of the noun phrase
References
Smith 1974-5
Examples
miɲa meʃiinntu
mee
isti poɖiyaas fuula kibotaa
miɲa
1sg
.
gen
meʃiin-ntu
machine-
loc
mee
foc
isti
this
poɖiyaas
children
fuula
flower
ki-botaa
nmlz
-put
It is on MY machine that these children are doing decorative stitching (lit. It is on MY machine that these children are putting flowers).
See
Smith 1974-5
: 5295
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