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Value Cleft with copula before focus
Language:
Zamboanga Chabacano
Parameter:
Focusing of the noun phrase
References
Aoto 2002
Examples
Amó si Lea ya-rimpuhá kun Maríya na aguhéro.
Amó
foc
si
ag
Lea
Lea
ya-rimpuhá
prf
-push
kun
obj
Maríya
Mary
na
loc
aguhéro.
hole
It was Lea who pushed Mary into the hole.
Amó!
Amó!
foc
.
cop
(This is) correct!
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