Datapoint Trinidad English Creole/Verb doubling and focus

Values

Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause

Example 6-110:
Is lash he lash me.
Is
foc
lash
strike
he
3sg.m
lash
strike
me.
1sg.obj
What he really did was strike me.

Source: Solomon 1993: 77

Example 6-113:
Iz walk he walkin.
Iz
is
walk
walk.prog
he
3sg.m
walkin.
walk.prog
He really is walking (and not taking the bus).

Source: Solomon 1993: 77

Confidence:
Very certain