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Value Cleft with focus particle before focus
Language:
Ambon Malay
Parameter:
Focusing of the noun phrase
References
van Minde 1997
: 284
Examples
Baru dong ketauan itu daun, bukan uang yang di situ.
Baru
just
dong
3pl
ketauan
realize
itu
dem
daun,
leaf
bukan
neg
uang
money
yang
rel
di
loc
situ.
over.there
Only then did they realize that it was leaves, not money, that was over there.
See
Scott 2008
: 631
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