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===2. The Topic=== | ===2. The Topic=== | ||
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| colspan="5"|'''Árás gáari.''' | |||
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| colspan="5"| '''Árá gáaris.''' | |||
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| colspan="6"|'''Árátsa gáaris''' | |||
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| colspan="5"| /áɣa cáːɣɪs/ | |||
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| colspan="5"| /áɣas cáːɣɪ/ | |||
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| colspan="6"|/áɣatsa cáːɣɪs/ | |||
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| colspan="5"| ''As for me, I like the book.'' | |||
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| colspan="5"| ''I like the BOOK.''<sup>1</sup> | |||
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| colspan="6"|''I DON'T like the book.'' | |||
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# In English, one would stress the subject in the second sentence, I, but the book would still be the topic: "'''I''' don't like the book, but you do". | |||
===2.1 The Topic and Passivisation=== | ===2.1 The Topic and Passivisation=== | ||
===2.2 The Topic and Incorporation=== | ===2.2 The Topic and Incorporation=== | ||
===2.3 The Topic and the Relativiser=== | ===2.3 The Topic and the Relativiser=== | ||