Clauses with narrow constituent focus

Below are ten recordings of Karitiana clauses with fronted focused constituents. For an examination of constituent focus in Karitiana, see Everett 2007 in the Papers section of this site.

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Clauses with narrow constituent focus

1. To the field he went.

2. I’m going now. (Verb FOC)

3. I’m walking to the village. (Verb FOC)

4. It’s finishing. (Verb FOC)

5. I went. (Verb FOC)

6. I jumped. (Verb FOC)

7. What did you cut? (OFC)

8. What did you smell? (OFC)

9. It’s a flower he smelled. (OFC)

10. A banana is what you ate. (OFC)

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