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===Contrasting===
===Contrasting===
Contrastive part-clauses borrow the syntax from cleft constructions used in focus clauses.
Contrastive part-clauses borrow the syntax from cleft constructions used in focus clauses.
:''D'ell Rewhd a Maið, ah twm a ry Hmorill.''
:''Dy ell Rewhd a Maið, ah twm a ry Hmorill.''
: Rewhd loves Maið, but Hmorill does not [love him].
: Rewhd loves Maið, but Hmorill does not [love him].


:''D'ell a Rewhd a Maið, ah twm a Gelli.''
:''Dy ell a Rewhd a Maið, ah twm a Gelli.''
:Rewhd loves Maið, but she does not love Gelli.
:Rewhd loves Maið, but she does not love Gelli.


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