Value Cleft with copula before focus

Language:
Mauritian Creole
Parameter:
Focusing of the noun phrase

Examples

  1. se li ki ti fer sa
    se
    cop
    li
    3sg
    ki
    rel
    ti
    pst
    fer
    do
    sa
    that
    It is s/he who did that.
  2. se sa ki guverner labaṅk DE MAURICE mesye Indur Ramphal fin deklar MBC
    se
    cop
    sa
    dem
    ki
    rel
    guverner
    governor
    labaṅk
    bank
    DE
    of
    MAURICE
    Mauritius
    mesye
    Mister
    Indur
    Indur
    Ramphal
    Ramphal
    fin
    compl
    deklar
    declare
    MBC
    MBC
    That is what the governor of the bank of Mauritius Mr Indur Ramphal declared to MBC (Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation).
    French: C'est ce qu'a déclaré le gouverneur de la banque de Maurice, M. Indur Ramphal, à la MBC.

    See Kriegel 1996