Datapoint Sri Lanka Portuguese/Focusing of the noun phrase
Comment on value 9. The focussed constituent and focus-marker are
right-dislocated, where it bears the main sentence stress and
acompanying intonation drop. (This contrasts with syntactically
unintegrated coda elements which appear on low pitch after the main
intonation drop on the verb.)
Nominal focus can also be accomplished without clefting by leaving the focused constituent in situ and marking it with the focus particle (example 55).
Values 
Fronting with particle after focus
Frequency: 50.0%
- Example 41-169:
-
miɲa meʃiinntu mee isti poɖiyaas fuula kibotaamiɲa1sg.genmeʃiin-ntumachine-locmeefocistithispoɖiyaaschildrenfuulaflowerki-botaanmlz-putIt is on MY machine that these children are doing decorative stitching (lit. It is on MY machine that these children are putting flowers).
Source: Smith 1974-5: 5295
- Confidence:
- Very certain
In situ focusing (with particle)
Frequency: 50.0%
- Example 41-55:
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poɖiyaas sudu akantu mee yanasa, aka kaazantupoɖiyaaschildrentuduallaka-ntuthat-locmeefocjaa-nasa,pst-be.bornakathatkaaza-ntuhouse-locThe children were all born there, in that house.
Source: Smith 1974-5: 5105
- Example 41-56:
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alaa menaa bibeerley tiɲa. japaraa sudu akii mee. isti poɖiyaas yanasa sudu akii meealaatheremenaaof.coursebibeer=leylivelihood=liketiɲa.pst.bejaa-paraapst-livetuduallakiiheremee.focistithispoɖiyaaschildrenjaa-nasapst-be.borntuduallakiiheremeefocWe had work there, of course, [but] where we were all living was right here. Where the(se) children were all born was right here.
Source: Smith 1974-5: 5111
- Confidence:
- Very certain