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topic NP, and an anaphoric pronoun resumption of the topic NP within the clause
(Givón, 2001b:266). Bhojpuri also exhibits such characteristics, as shown in (7a-d).

(7) a. Subject L-dislocation (generic)
नागा, ऊ लोग अब गाँव म" ब1त कम आवेलन ।

nɑɡɑ u loɡ ʌb ɡɑ ̃ o mẽ bʌɦut kʌm ɑwelʌn
nɑɡɑ u loɡ ʌb ɡɑ ̃ o mẽ bʌɦut kʌm ɑ-welʌn

hermit 3SG PL now village LOC very less come-3.PRES.MH
'Hermits, they seldom come in villages nowadays.' (09.029)

b. Subject L-dislocation (definite)
गणेश चौधरीजी, उहाँके एगो &कताब िलखले बानी ‘भोजपुरी के सौ बरस’ ।

ɡʌnes cʌud ̤ ʌriji uɦɑ ̃ ke eɡo kitɑb likʰle
ɡʌnes cʌud ̤ ʌri-ji uɦɑ ̃ -ke ek-ɡo kitɑb likʰ-le

Ganesh Chaudhary-H there-SPEC one-CLF book write-SEQ

bɑni b ̤ ojpuri ke sɔ bʌrʌs
bɑni b ̤ ojpuri ke sɔ bʌrʌs
be.PRES.H Bhojpuri GEN hundred year

'Ganesh Chaudharyji, he has written a book 'A Hundred Years of
Bhojpuri''. (04.104)

c. Object L-dislocation (generic)
अन, पिहले हमनी िनकासी करत रहनी ।

ʌn pʌɦile ɦʌmni nikɑsi kʌrʌt rʌɦni
ʌn pʌɦil-e ɦʌm-ni nikɑsi kʌr-ʌt rʌɦ-ni

food first-EMPH 1SG-PL export do-IMPF live-PST.H
'The food grains, we were exporting it in the past.' (09.391)

d. Object L-dislocation (definite)
राbता, हे के आप त कुछ &दन म" ।

rɑstɑ ɦe ke ɑp tʌ kucʰ din mẽ
way PROX GEN scale COND something day LOC

'The way, scale it ahead within a few days.' (09.005)

Going through the citations (7a-d), नागा /nɑɡɑ/ 'hermit' is the topic NP L-
dislocated in generic position and the ऊ लोग /u loɡ/ 'they' is its anaphoric expression in

(7a). The same phenomana are exhibited by गणेश चौधरीजी /ɡʌnes cʌd ̤ ʌriji/ 'Ganesh

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