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Focusing of the noun phrase
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Cleft with copula before focus
Example 42-189:
teng
bos sa krensa ki yo ta lantá, retu?
teng
be
bos
2sg
sa
gen
krensa
child
ki
that
yo
1sg
ta
prog
lantá,
carry
retu?
true
It is your child I am carrying, isn’t it?
Source:
Baxter 1988
: 210
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Papiá Kristang
by
Alan N. Baxter
cite
Language:
Papiá Kristang
Feature:
Focusing of the noun phrase
Source:
Baxter 1988
: 210
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