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Focusing of the noun phrase
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Fronting with particle after focus
Example 38-187:
Xa tudu, am
se
inei xa da pimelu.
Xa
thing
tudu
all
amu-se
1sg
-
dem
ineni
3pl
xa
evid
da
give
pimelu.
first
Everything, it is me they give first.
Confidence:
Intermediate
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
by
Marike Post
cite
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
Feature:
Focusing of the noun phrase
Source:
Own fieldwork 1993
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