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Focusing of the noun phrase
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Cleft with copula before focus
Example 5-174:
a
da
a
wa mi se
a
foc
da
that
a
eq
.
cop
wa
what
mi
1sg
se
say
It is that that I said. OR: That is what I said.
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 147, line 351
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Language:
Creolese
Feature:
Focusing of the noun phrase
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 147, line 351
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