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==Pragmatics== | ==Pragmatics and conventions== | ||
Being a verb-heavy language, Ash often lacks direct nominal counterparts to nouns in more analytic languages, instead expressing many common (and uncommon) concepts descriptively through its rich morphological and derivational verb system rather than by lexicalising deverbal nominals (although this also happens), one key factor again being the locative verbs. | Being a verb-heavy language, Ash often lacks direct nominal counterparts to nouns in more analytic languages, instead expressing many common (and uncommon) concepts descriptively through its rich morphological and derivational verb system rather than by lexicalising deverbal nominals (although this also happens), one key factor again being the locative verbs. | ||
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|{{gloss | |{{gloss | ||
|phrase=bahbo go ewoe no? | |phrase=bahbo go ewoe no? | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ˈbɑ̞ħ.pʊ ɣʊ‿jɪˈwʊːɪ̯ n̠ʊ] | ||
|gloss=dog TOP:ACT PROX-consume.OPT Q | |gloss=dog TOP:ACT PROX-consume.OPT Q | ||
|translation=maybe the dog is hungry | |translation=maybe the dog is hungry | ||
}} | |||
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===Colour terms=== | |||
While most descriptive attributes are expressed through stative verbs, colours are expressed through comparative adverbs, likening the appearance of the referent to something else, such as ''mee'' "fire" → ''meyya'' "red; yellow; orange; brown" or ''ao'' "sea" → ''ayya'' "green; blue". These are combined with stative verbs (reduced or not). | |||
{{gloss | |||
|phrase=meyya bahbo go | |||
|IPA=[ˈmᵇe̞ʝ.ʝɐ ˈβɑ̞ħ.pʊ ɣʊ] | |||
|gloss=fire-SEMB dog TOP:ACT | |||
|translation=a brown dog | |||
}} | |||
The exceptions are brightness and darkness which are still expressed through stative verbs, which can also be combined with the comparative adverbs to specify the hue. | |||
{| | |||
|{{gloss | |||
|phrase=bahbo go oada | |||
|IPA=[ˈbɑ̞ħ.pʊ ɣo̞‿ˈwɔ̯ɑː.ðɐ] | |||
|gloss=fire-SEMB dog TOP:ACT | |||
|translation=a white dog | |||
}} | |||
|{{gloss | |||
|phrase=meyya bahbo go oada | |||
|IPA=[ˈmᵇe̞ʝ.ʝɐ ˈβɑ̞ħ.pʊ ɣo̞‿ˈwɔ̯ɑː.ðɐ] | |||
|gloss=fire-SEMB dog TOP:ACT | |||
|translation=a light brown dog | |||
}} | }} | ||