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Verb doubling and focus
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Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
Example 52-108:
a
chanté
yé té ka
chanté
a
hl
chanté
sing
yé
they
té
pst
ka
prog
chanté
sing
They were singing out loud (lit. It is singing they were singing).
Source:
Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Guyanais
by
Stefan Pfänder
cite
Language:
Guyanais
Feature:
Verb doubling and focus
Source:
Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
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