Final emphases; was: Italian Particles

Padraic Brown wrote:
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> On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:
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> >Sally Caves wrote:
> >> What about sentences like, "He wants you to call him, David, I mean."
> >
> >That's an afterthought.  You started off saying "He wants you to call
> >him", but then realized that the context might not be clear enough to
> >indicate that "he" is David, so you stuck on that bit.
>
> Just peeking in: But what if it's habitual, the structure, you see?
>
> Padraic.
Well exactly.  "He wants you to buy him a car, David does."  "He's going
to town, David is."  "He's a right bad'un, he is!"  "Ooh, I hates him,
I does, that Professor 'Iggins!"

In fact, this feature of cockney, where the stressed pronoun is repeated
at the end is very interesting to me-- ooh, it interests me, it does--
and gives me hope that Teonaht can come up with emphatic patterns that
break out of the mold.

Sally


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