Datapoint Michif/Focusing of the noun phrase

No highlighter or focus particle is used in cleft construction. A focused noun phrase is marked in the verb, in that it gets a different inflection, typical for subordinate clauses, than in main clauses. The difference can be illustrated with the contrasting sentences translated as 'He
catches the ball' (main clause verb; so-called independent order) and 'It is him who catches' or 'He is the catcher'.

Wiya kaashchitin-eew la plot.
[he catch-3SBJ.3OBJ the ball]

Wiya kaa-kawshchitin-iwee-t
[he REL-catch-INDF.OBJ-3]

Intuitively a construction with a copula sounds plausible, but we have no example in our data.

Values

Bare cleft (without highlighter)

Example 75-266:
Mu nipaenglet awa kaawanihak.
Mu
1.poss
nipaenglet
clasp
awa
this.anim.prox.sg
kaa-wanih-ak.
rel-lose.him-1.sbj.3.obj
It is this clasp of mine that I lost.

Source: Laverdure and Allard 1983: 62

Confidence:
Very certain