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'It's LOVE that we're going to talk about today.' (06.043)
c. Cleft (medial)

तू समझलऽ हमनी दौलत पर बितअइत_, बाँ&कर ऊ ह :ेम जे पर हमनी आज बात करे

जातानी ।
tu sʌmʌȷ ̈ lʌ ɦʌmni dɔlʌt pʌr bʌtiʌitĩ

tu sʌmʌȷ ̈ -ʌl-ʌ ɦʌm-ni dɔlʌt pʌr bʌtiɑ-i-tĩ
2SG understand-PP-2.PST.MH 1SG-PL wealth LOC talk-FUT-IRR.H

bɑ ̃ kir u ɦʌ prem je pʌr ɦʌmni ɑj
bɑ ̃ kir u ɦʌ prem je pʌr ɦʌm-ni ɑj

but DIST be.3SG.PRES love COND LOC 1SG-PL today

bɑt kʌre jɑtɑni
bɑt kʌr-e jɑ-ʌt bɑni
matter do-PUR go-IMPF be.PRES.H

'You thought we were going to talk about wealth, but it's LOVE that we're
going to talk about today.' (06.044)

Either in the same paragraph or chain, a certain buildup of contrary
expectations has to take place in the preceding portion of the thematic unit before a

referent is coded by a cleft-focus. So, a paragraph boundary tends to obliterate the
efficacy of the formation of contrary expectations, as shown in (48a-b):
(48) a. Expectations set up within the current paragraph

तू मानेलऽ &क ए लइक8 के नोकर मुआ देलख, िनित }प से एह बात म" दम बा, हमf

मानेम । तUबो तू पूरा पूरा गलतफहमी म" बाड़ऽ । ऊ त ओकर बापे ह जे ओके मुआ देलख ।

tu mɑnelʌ ki e lʌiki ke nokʌr muɑ
tu mɑn-elʌ ki e lʌiki ke nokʌr mu-ɑ

2SG realize-2.PRES.MH COMP PROX girl GEN servant die-CAUS

delʌkʰ niscit rup se eɦ bɑt mẽ dʌm
de-ʌl-ʌkʰ niscit rup se eɦ bɑt mẽ dʌm
give-PP-3.PST certain form SPEC PROX matter LOC weight

bɑ ɦʌmɦu mɑnem tʌbbo tu purɑ purɑ
bɑ ɦʌm-ɦu mɑn-em tʌb-o tu purɑ purɑ
be.3SG.PRES 1SG-EMPH realize-FUT.H then-EMPH 2SG full full

ɡʌlʌtpʰʌɦmi mẽ bɑɽʌ u tʌ okʌr bɑpe

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