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Focusing of the noun phrase
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Example 39-52:
Ikəl tud koyz ki lɛvo nə museum father Marian ki lɛvo, nə?
Ikəl
dem
tud
all
koyz
thing
ki
rel
lɛv-o
take-
pst
nə
loc
<museum
museum
father>
father
Marian
Mariano
ki
rel
lɛv-o,
take-
pst
nə?
req
Wasn't it father Mariano who took those things to the museum?
Source:
Cardoso 2009
: 214
Example 39-173:
Yo ki fez es.
Yo
1sg
ki
rel
fez
make.
pst
es.
dem
It was me who did that. OR: I did that myself.
Source:
Cardoso 2009
: 214
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
by
Hugo C. Cardoso
cite
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
Feature:
Focusing of the noun phrase
Source:
Cardoso 2009
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