Datapoint Sranan/Verb doubling and focus

Values

Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause

Example 2-275:
A musu de feti den ben feti, yu sabi.
A
3sg
musu
must
de
cop
feti
fight
den
3pl
ben
pst
feti,
fight
yu
2sg
sabi.
know
They must have been fighting, you know.

Source: Winford 2000: 98

Example 2-276:
A stik yu o stik a pikin.
A
foc
stik
stifle
yu
2sg
o
fut
stik
stifle
a
det
pikin.
child
You’ll suffocate the child this way.
Example 2-277:
Na kon yu e kon fu teki a moni kba?
Na
foc
kon
come
yu
2sg
e
ipfv
kon
come
fu
for
teki
take
a
det
moni
money
kba?
already
You’ve come already to take the money?

Source: Wilner 1992: 47

Confidence:
Very certain