Hindi and Gujarati discontinuous NPs

[Lakhan Gusain]

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Saartje Ji,

Your observation and explanation is absolutely correct.

Thanks,
lakhan

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Lakhan Gusain
www.sais-jhu.edu<http://www.sais-jhu.edu/> 

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  From: Saartje Verbeke<mailto:saartje.verbeke at UGENT.BE> 
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  Subject: Re: Hindi and Gujarati discontinuous NPs


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  I am not a native but I was wondering about the first Hindi sentence:

  kitaabeN us-ne xariidiiN bahut acchii
  books-FEM he-ERG buy.PST many.FEM
  "He bought many books."

  Shouldn't this be translated as "He bought books, very good ones",  
  with 'bahut acchii' used in the sense of a clarification, a kind of  
  after thought or appreciation. Like said, I am not a native and I am  
  not sure of this, it's just an idea.

  Saartje
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