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Value Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
Language:
Belizean Creole
Parameter:
Verb doubling and focus
References
Escure 1992
Examples
Da dril dey me de dril.
Da
top
dril
drill
dey
3pl
me
ant
de
prog
dril.
drill
What they did was to drill (for oil).
See
Escure 1980-1989
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