I'm looking tonight at phrases with maan, which is rather inadequately glossed 'only' in my current lexicon.
The phrase preceded by maan is always (I think) clause initial and has some special discourse function -- maybe focus. (I need to work out how it is different from the ro' topics, clefts with me se, etc...)
This topical phrase is sometimes a time adverb (either orá or tio, two words borrowed from Spanish, that mean 'time'):
It can also be a noun phrase. In the following example, the cactus fruit with spines contrasts with the nice cactus fruits without spines which the rabbit threw in the previous episodes.
(This example also has preposition stranding in the fronted phrase)
The phrase preceded by maan is always (I think) clause initial and has some special discourse function -- maybe focus. (I need to work out how it is different from the ro' topics, clefts with me se, etc...)
This topical phrase is sometimes a time adverb (either orá or tio, two words borrowed from Spanish, that mean 'time'):
It can also be a noun phrase. In the following example, the cactus fruit with spines contrasts with the nice cactus fruits without spines which the rabbit threw in the previous episodes.
(This example also has preposition stranding in the fronted phrase)
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