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Language:
Jamaican
Parameter:
Focus particle ‘also’
Examples
A no wan smadi dem kil. Dem kil Mieri
tu.
A
foc
no
neg
wan
one
smadi
somebody
dem
3pl
kil.
kill
Dem
3pl
kil
kill
Mieri
Mary
tu.
too
They did not kill one person only. They killed Mary also.
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