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thematic continuity is very difficult to specify as topics/participants may change
within the discourse without necessarily changing either action or thematic continuity

whereas action continuity may change without necessarily changing thematic
continuity. The verb-final or clause chain suffixes code thematic continuity in SOV
languages that Bhojpuri belongs to. In this section, we investigate such devices to

code thematic continuity in a narrative discourse in Bhojpuri, as shown in (31a-s).

(31) a. कवनो गाँव म1 एगो बु*ढ़आ रहली ।
kɔno ɡɑ ̃ o mẽ eɡo buɽ ̊ iɑ rʌɦli

kɔno ɡɑ ̃ o mẽ ek-ɡo buɽ ̊ -iɑ rʌɦ-ʌl-i
some village LOC one-CLF old-F-SPEC live-PP-3SG.PST.F.MH

'There was an old woman in a village.' (05.001)
b. ऊ सुभाव से तिनका खुसराह रहली ।

u sub̤ ɑo se tʌnikɑ kʰusrɑɦ rʌɦli
u sub ̤ ɑo se tʌnikɑ kʰusrɑɦ rʌɦ-ʌl-i

3SG nature means little wicked live-PP-3SG.PST.F.MH
'She was wicked by nature.' (05.002)

c. चवर म1 ओकर खेत रहे ।

cʌwʌr mẽ okʌr kʰet rʌɦe
cʌwʌr mẽ u-ʌr kʰet rʌɦ-e
cultivated stretch LOC 3SG-GEN farm live-3.PST

'There was her farm in a cultivated stretch.' (05.003)
d. खेत म1 एगो िपSी के गाछ रहे ।

kʰet mẽ eɡo piʈʈʰi ke ɡɑcʰ rʌɦe
kʰet mẽ ek-ɡo piʈʈʰi ke ɡɑcʰ rʌɦ-e

farm LOC one-CLF cake GEN tree live-3.PST

'There was a cake-tree in the farm.' (05.004)
e. िपSी खुब फरल रहे ।

piʈʈʰi kʰub pʰʌrʌl rʌɦe
piʈʈʰi kʰub pʰʌr-ʌl rʌɦ-e

cake highly bear fruits-PP live-3.PST
'The cake-tree was laddened with fruits.' (05.005)

f. सुनहटा म1 लइकन खुब िपSी तोड़के खात रहलन ।

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