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u-ʌr du-ɡo bʌɦin bɑɽi sʌ meɡ ̈ iɑ ɑ
3SG-GEN two-CLF sister be.3.PRES.F.MH PL Meghia and

pʰuliɑ
pʰuliɑ

Phulia
'He has two sisters, Meghia and Phulia.' (06.022)

b. ऊ मेिघया के ब1त मानेला ।
u meɡ ̈ iɑ ke bʌɦut mɑnelɑ

u meɡ ̈ iɑ ke bʌɦut mɑn-elɑ
3SG Meghia DAT very like-3SG.PRES

'He likes Meghia a lot.' (06.023)
c. फु िलआ के त ऊ फरछािह ना चलेला ।

phuliɑ ke tʌ u pʰʌrcʰɑɦiõ nɑ cʌlelɑ

phuliɑ ke tʌ u pʰʌrcʰɑɦĩ-o nɑ cʌl-elɑ
Phulia GEN COND 3SG shadow-EMPH NEG walk-3SG.PRES
'Phulia, he can't stand.' (06.024)

d. ऊ फु िलआ िहअ जेकरा ऊ फरछाह_ ना चलेला ।

u phuliɑ ɦiʌ jekʌrɑ u pʰʌrcʰɑɦĩ nɑ
u phuliɑ ɦiʌ je-ʌr-ɑ u pʰʌrcʰɑɦĩ nɑ
3SG Phulia be.3SG.PRES.F COND-GEN-DAT 3SG shadow NEG

cʌlelɑ
cʌl-elɑ
walk-3SG.PRES
'It's Phulia that he can't stand.' (06.025)

In (40a-d), the first two (40a-b) clauses are context and the second two (40c-d)

are the continuation in which फु िलआ /pʰuliɑ/ is Y-moved with lower stress in (40c) but
it is in cleft-focus with stronger focus in (40d). Y-movement also expresses contrast

that arises from breaking implicit expectations among members of a group, i.e., type,
genus, as shown in (41a-b).

(41) a. ऊ मेिघआ के फरछाह_ ना चलेला ।
u meɡ ̈ iɑ ke pʰʌrcʰɑɦĩ nɑ cʌlelɑ

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