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Value Cleft with copula before focus
Language:
Jamaican
Parameter:
Focusing of the noun phrase
Examples
A
di piipl dem we tel di wikid lai dem get kech.
A
foc
di
det
piipl
people
dem
pl
we
rel
tel
tell
di
det
wikid
wicked
lai
lie
dem
pl
get
get
kech.
catch
It is the people who told the dreadful lies who got caught.
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