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Verb doubling and focus
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Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
Example 3-148:
Síki dí wómi síki.
Síki
be.sick
dí
def
.
sg
wómi
man
síki.
be.sick
The man is really sick.
Source:
Veenstra 1996
: 20
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Language:
Saramaccan
Feature:
Verb doubling and focus
Source:
Veenstra 1996
: 20
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