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Here, the scope of {{t|sía}} is the clause “{{t|{{vy}}ä kuq súq sía raı}}”.
Here, the scope of {{t|sía}} is the clause “{{t|{{vy}}ä kuq súq sía raı}}”.


== Topic and scope ==
== Clefting and scope ==
If we want to say the other thing, we have to lift {{t|sía}} out of the clause by [[clefting]] it to the main clause:
If we want to say the other thing, we have to lift {{t|sía}} out of the clause by [[clefting]] it to the main clause:


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See [https://toaq.net/refgram/21/ Topic and focus] in the [[refgram]].
See [https://toaq.net/refgram/syntax/#the_cleft_verb The cleft verb] in the [[refgram]].


== "Scoping over" ==
== "Scoping over" ==