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Vincentian Creole
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Focus particle ‘also’
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Non-adjacent following Frequency: 36.8%
Example 7-256:
Hi biit evri wan hi pikni an dem an i beibi get liks
tu.
Hi
3sg
biit
beat
evri
every
wan
one
hi
3sg
.
poss
pikni
child
an
and
dem
pl
an
and
i
art
beibi
baby
get
get
liks
flogging
tu.
too
He flogged all his children including the baby.
Confidence:
Very certain
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After the focused element Frequency: 36.8%
Example 7-253:
Hi biit evri wan hi pikni an dem duhng tu i beibi an aal.
Hi
3sg
biit
beat
evri
every
wan
one
hi
3sg
.
poss
pikni
child
an
and
dem
pl
duhng
down
tu
to
i
art
beibi
baby
an
and
aal.
all
He flogged all his children including the baby.
Example 7-255:
Hi biit evri wan hi pikni an dem an i beibi
tu.
Hi
3sg
biit
beat
evri
every
wan
one
hi
3sg
.
poss
pikni
child
an
and
dem
pl
an
and
i
art
beibi
baby
tu.
too
He flogged all his children including the baby.
Confidence:
Very certain
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Before the focused element Frequency: 26.3%
Example 7-254:
Hi biit evri wan hi pikni an dem ivn i beibi.
Hi
3sg
biit
beat
evri
every
wan
one
hi
3sg
.
poss
pikni
child
an
and
dem
pl
ivn
even
i
art
beibi.
baby
He flogged all his children including the baby.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Language:
Vincentian Creole
Feature:
Focus particle ‘also’
Source:
Prescod 2009
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