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Focusing of the noun phrase
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Cleft with focus particle before focus
Example 68-124:
Baru dong ketauan itu daun, bukan uang yang di situ.
Baru
just
dong
3pl
ketauan
realize
itu
dem
daun,
leaf
bukan
neg
uang
money
yang
rel
di
loc
situ.
over.there
Only then did they realize that it was leaves, not money, that was over there.
Source:
Scott 2008
: 631
Confidence:
Intermediate
Language:
Ambon Malay
by
Scott Paauw
cite
Language:
Ambon Malay
Feature:
Focusing of the noun phrase
Source:
van Minde 1997
: 284
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