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Focus particle ‘also’
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Non-adjacent following Frequency: 53.8%
Example 29-212:
Jan het haar ook hoor sing.
Jan
John
het
pst
haar
3sg
.
f
.
obl
ook
also
hoor
hear
sing.
sing.
inf
John heard her sing too.
Confidence:
Unspecified
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Before the focused element Frequency: 23.1%
Example 29-211:
Ook JAN het haar hoor sing.
Ook
also
JAN
John
het
pst
haar
3sg
.
f
.
obl
hoor
hear
sing.
sing.
inf
John too heard her sing.
Confidence:
Very certain
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After the focused element Frequency: 23.1%
Example 29-213:
Hulle OOK sal haar ondersteun.
Hulle
3pl
.
nom
OOK
also
sal
shall
haar
3sg
.
f
.
obl
ondersteun.
support
They too will support her.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Language:
Afrikaans
Feature:
Focus particle ‘also’
Source:
Own knowledge
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