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ɦʌm de-ni kitɑb o ke
1SG.NOM give-PST.H book 3SG DAT

'I gave her a book.'
In the examples in (10a-c), (10a) exhibits the normal word order in Bhojpuri

where the verb देनी /deni/ 'gave' is in clause-final position. But in (10b-c) it has
brought just next to the subject where the word-order is S-V-IO-Poss-O-V in (10b)

and S-V-DO-IO-Poss. It is a heavy NP shift in Bhojpuri under R-dislocation.
(iii) Right node raising

When right-periphery placement strategies are combined with coordinate
constructions, the effect is so-called Right-node raising. These are strings in which

one structure may be "temporarily set on one side" in a parsing sequence while a
second is introduced, both then being completed by a single right-most expression, as
shown in (11a-c).

(11) a. बाबुजी िचऩइनी आ हम बितअइबो कइनी, मामाजी से ।

bɑbuji cin ̥ ʌini ɑ ɦʌm
bɑbu-ji cin ̥ -ɑ-ini ɑ ɦʌm

father -H identify-CAUS-PST.H and 1SG.NOM

bʌtiʌibo kʌini mɑmɑji se
bʌtiɑ-ib-o kʌr-ini mɑmɑ-ji se
talk-PP-EMPH do-PST.H maternal uncle-H with
'Father introduced and I talked too, with my maternal uncle.' (12.097)

b. माई हमरा के आ बाबुजी भइआ के &कन देनी, एकfन गो लमहर तरभूजा ।

mɑi ɦʌmrɑ ke ɑ bɑbuji b ̤ ʌiɑ ke
mɑi ɦʌm-ʌr-ɑ ke ɑ bɑbu-ji b ̤ ʌiɑ ke

mother 1SG-GEN-SPEC DAT and father-H elder brother DAT

kin deni ekɦunɡo lʌmʌɦʌr tʌrb ̤ ujɑ
kin de-ni ek-ɦun-ɡo lʌmʌɦʌr tʌrb ̤ ujɑ
buy give-PST.H one-each-CLF big watermelon

'Mother bought me and father bought my elder brother, one big watermelon
to each.' (12.098)

c. राम खइलख खीर आ hयाम खइलख रोटी ।
rɑm kʰʌilʌkʰ kʰir ɑ syɑm kʰʌilʌkʰ roʈi

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