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Verb doubling and focus
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Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
Example 16-153:
ì bì bus è gò bus
ì
3sg
bì
cop
bus
booze
[è
[
3sg
gò
fut
bus]
booze]
It is drunk that he will get (by all means).
Source:
Huber 1999
: 187
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Feature:
Verb doubling and focus
Source:
Huber 1999
: 187
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