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Value Cleft with copula before focus
Language:
Belizean Creole
Parameter:
Focusing of the noun phrase
References
Escure 1983
Examples
Da ʃɛl haya di bowt fra djimi.
Da
foc
ʃɛl
Shell
haya
hire
di
the
bowt
boat
fra
from
djimi.
Jimmy
It's Shell that rented Jimmy's boat.
See
Escure 1993
: 234
Da im mek a da tatabuhende mek yu get ʧap.
Da
foc
im
him
mek
make
a
it
da
foc
tatabuhende
Tatabuhende
mek
make
yu
you
get
get
ʧap.
chop
It's him who does it, it's Tatabuhende who causes you to get hurt.
See
Escure 1983
: 42
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