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'Though she was well adorned, she had not been attractive among people.' (13.068)
13.2.3 Cause or reason adverbial clauses

As noted by Thompson & Longacre (1985:181), it is no surprise that causal
relationship is expressed in the same way as temporal relationship, or rather than the
constructions themselves are neutral between a time and a cause interpretation.

As Givón (2001b:335) further points out, cause (along with reason) can itself
be subdivided as agentive external, non-agentive external, eventive external, non-

eventive external, eventive internal and non-eventive internal.
Chitoniya Tharu (Paudyal 2013:368), Maithili (Yadav 1996:364 and Yadav

2010:119), Hindi (Koul 2008:54) and Nepali (Adhikari 2016:375) display cause or
reason clauses in similar ways. Cause or reason clauses in Bhojpuri are examined as

shown in (50a-f):
(50) a. agentive external cause for event

... एह से !क हम देखले बानी त हमरा इयाद बा ।
eɦ se ki ɦʌm dekʰle bɑni tʌ

eɦ se ki ɦʌm dekʰ-ʌl-e bɑni tʌ
PROX with COMP 1SG see-PP-SEQ be.PRES.H COND

ɦʌmrɑ iɑd bɑ
ɦʌm-ʌr-ɑ iɑd bɑ

1SG-GEN-DAT memory be.3SG.PRES
' because I have observed, so, I can remember.' (03.246)
b. Non-agentive external cause for event

दू-चार 0ितशत शrद भोजपुरी से फरक बा, ओही से ऊ भोजपुFरए के भाषा ह ।

du cɑr prʌtisʌt sʌbd b ̤ ojpuri se pʰʌrʌk bɑ
du cɑr prʌtisʌt sʌbd b ̤ ojpuri se pʰʌrʌk bɑ

two four percent word Bhojpuri abl different be.3SG.PRES

oɦi se u b ̤ ojpurie ke b ̤ ɑsɑ ɦʌ
o-ɦi se u b ̤ ojpuri-e ke b ̤ ɑsɑ ɦʌ
DIST-EMPH source 3SG Bhojpuri-EMPH GEN language be.3SG.PRES

'There are nearly two to four percent of words different from Bhojpuri,
therefore, it is a variety of Bhojpuri itself.' (04.202-3)

c. Eventive external reason for action
नाचवाला बेसी तामझाम करे लागल त हम चल देनी ।

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