[Lingtyp] copula as focus marker (Minella Duzerol)
Minella Duzerol
Minella.Duzerol at univ-lyon2.fr
Tue Mar 14 15:51:51 UTC 2023
Dear Christian,
In Martinican, a French-based creole language spoken in Martinique, the copula sé works also as a focus marker (Damoiseau 2012, 123). I added the gloses.
Man lé manjé pwason.
s1sg want eat fish
‘Je veux manger du poisson.’
Sé pwason man lé manjé.
cop fish s1sg want eat
‘C’est du poisson que je veux manger.’
(Damoiseau 2012, 124)
Best wishes,
Minella DUZEROL
ATER, UFR Lettres et Sciences Humaines 972
Université des Antilles, pôle Martinique
Campus de Schœlcher
BP 7209 97275 SCHŒLCHER
Doctorante, Laboratoire Dynamique Du Langage
UMR 5996, CNRS/Université Lyon2,
14 avenue Berthelot
69007 LYON
www.ddl.cnrs.fr/Duzerol<http://www.ddl.cnrs.fr/Duzerol>
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