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Focus particle ‘also’
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Non-adjacent following Frequency: 50.0%
Example 9-67:
Di owl man gat i rum n̩ i son gat i own rum
tu.
Di
the
owl
old
man
man
gat
got
i
his
rum
room
n̩
and
i
the
son
son
gat
got
i
his
own
own
rum
room
tu.
too
The old man got his room and the son got his own room, too.
Source:
Escure 1980-1989
Confidence:
Certain
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After the focused element Frequency: 50.0%
Example 9-196:
Ina len da den dey de kum awt dey
tuw.
Ina
in
len
Lent
da
top
den
then
dey
3pl
de
prog
kum
come
awt
out
dey
day
tuw.
too
That’s around Lent that they are coming out, during the day, too.
Source:
Escure 1983
: 42
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Language:
Belizean Creole
Feature:
Focus particle ‘also’
Source:
Escure 1983
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