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Left-dislocation in NCV2s
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Left-dislocation occurs in main clauses, but it is banned from embedded Verb-Final clauses. NCV2s nevertheless display left-dislocation.

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The examples in (1) show that left-dislocation is a main clause phenomenon, which is excluded in embedded clauses, that is, clauses with the verb in final position:

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a. Teake, dy woe my wol helpe
Teake DEM wanted me DcP help
Teake was willing to help me
b. *Hy sei, Teake, dy my wol helpe woe
he said Teake DEM me DcP help wanted
He said, Teake was willing to help me

In fact, it is more appropriate to say that left-dislocation is tied to Verb-Second. Correspondingly, left-dislocation is found in NCV2s:

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Hy sei, Teake, dy woe my wol helpe
he said Teake DEM wanted me DcP help
He said, Teake was willing to help me
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