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Focus particle ‘also’
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Non-adjacent following
Example 8-159:
A no wan smadi dem kil. Dem kil Mieri
tu.
A
foc
no
neg
wan
one
smadi
somebody
dem
3pl
kil.
kill
Dem
3pl
kil
kill
Mieri
Mary
tu.
too
They did not kill one person only. They killed Mary also.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Language:
Jamaican
Feature:
Focus particle ‘also’
Source:
Own knowledge
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