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Focusing of the noun phrase
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Cleft with copula before focus
Example 8-156:
A
di piipl dem we tel di wikid lai dem get kech.
A
foc
di
det
piipl
people
dem
pl
we
rel
tel
tell
di
det
wikid
wicked
lai
lie
dem
pl
get
get
kech.
catch
It is the people who told the dreadful lies who got caught.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Language:
Jamaican
Feature:
Focusing of the noun phrase
Source:
Own knowledge
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