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'There was a cake-tree in the farm of someone.' (03.262)
d. Noun-complement

ओ म" हमर पिहलही लेख म" रहे 4कृित के 4कोप ।
o mẽ ɦʌmʌr pʌɦilʌɦi lekʰ mẽ rʌɦe prʌkriti

o mẽ ɦʌmʌr pʌɦil-ʌɦi lekʰ mẽ rʌɦ-e prʌkriti
DIST LOC 1SG.GEN first-EMPH article LOC live-3.PST nature

ke prʌkop
ke prʌkop

GEN calamity
'Among others, there was my own article, the first one, on natural

calamity.' (04.079)
e. Possessive phrase

ओ शु9आती 'कसान आंदोलन के नारा रहे ...

o suruɑti kisɑn ɑndolʌn ke nɑrɑ rʌɦe
o suruɑt-i kisɑn ɑndolʌn ke nɑrɑ rʌɦ-e
DIST begining-ADJ peasant movement GEN slogan live-3.PST

'There were slogans of those initial peasants' movements (02.037)
f. Associative phrase

ओही &कताब म" Lाकरण पाठ के जौरे-जौरे रहल ।

oɦi kitɑb mẽ byɑkʌrʌn pɑʈʰ ke jɔre jɔre
o-ɦi kitɑb mẽ byɑkʌrʌn pɑʈʰ ke jɔre jɔre

DIST-EMPH book LOC grammar lesson GEN with with

rʌɦʌl
rʌɦ-ʌl
live-3.PST

'There was grammar with each lesson of the very book.' (03.069)
12.1.2 Y-movement
"Functionally, Y-movement ('contrastive topicalization') is used typically

when a referent is contrasted with another referent of roughly the same semantic class.
The first referent creates certain expectations, which Y-moved referent then counters.

Though it is contrastive, the Y-moved referents also tend to be typically topical and
anaphorical. They tend to be overwhelmingly definite or generic like other anaphoric
topicalizing constructions, but not REF-indefinite. Their anaphoric predictability is

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