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Focusing of the noun phrase
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Cleft with copula before focus
Example 18-167:
Na
'king go 'tek-am.
Na
cop
'king
king
go
fut
'tek-am.
take-
3sg
.
obj
It's the king who will take him.
Source:
Féral 1989
: 142
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
by
Anne Schröder
cite
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
Feature:
Focusing of the noun phrase
Source:
Féral 1989
: 143ff.
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