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Value Cleft with focus particle after focus
Language:
Seychelles Creole
Parameter:
Focusing of the noun phrase
Examples
Mon papa
sa
ki ti fer sa lakaz.
Mon
poss
papa
father
sa
hl
ki
rel
ti
pst
fer
make
sa
dem
lakaz.
house
It is really my father who constructed this/the house.
Martin
menm
ki pe travay plis.
Martin
Martin
menm
hl
ki
rel
pe
prog
travay
work
plis.
most
It is really Martin who is working most.
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