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Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
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Focus particle ‘also’
There is no word 'too', but 'again' functions in a parallel way.
Values
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Non-adjacent following Frequency: 50.0%
Example 69-72:
mambi yanan kumbut kandək
mambi
again
ya-nan
came-
nonfut
kumbut
village
kandək
obl
They again came to the village.
Confidence:
Uncertain
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Non-adjacent preceding Frequency: 50.0%
Example 69-73:
awkura-mpi mambi, mənakən manan kandək apiɳan
awkura-mpi
gather-
dep
mambi,
again
mə-nakən
3sg
-
poss
manan
cult.house
kandək
obl
api-ɳan
put.in-
nonfut
Gathering (them) again, (he) put (them) inside his cult house.
Confidence:
Uncertain
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
by
William A. Foley
cite
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
Feature:
Focus particle ‘also’
Source:
Own field notes 1985
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