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Nengee
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Verb doubling and focus
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Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
Example 4-176:
Na sutu a musu e sutu en anga nefi.
Na
cop
/
foc
sutu
shoot
a
he
musu
must
e
ipfv
sutu
shoot
en
him
anga
with
nefi.
knife
What he must be doing is stabbing him with a knife.
Source:
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 322
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Nengee
by
Bettina Migge
cite
Language:
Nengee
Feature:
Verb doubling and focus
Source:
Goury and Migge 2003
: 163
;
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 322f
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