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===Discourse affixes=== | ===Discourse affixes=== | ||
Sowaár lects use discourse verbal affixes to reflect the speaker's attitude, degree of surprise, or other things; not using them may come across as clinical, stilted, or overly posh. High Sowaár normally uses discourse affixes less often than do other Sowaár lects, and uses "degree of surprise" affixes more frequently than attitudinal affixes. On average, female High Sowaár speakers use attitudinal affixes more frequently than male speakers. | Sowaár lects use discourse verbal affixes to reflect the speaker's attitude, degree of surprise, or other things; not using them may come across as clinical, stilted, or overly posh. High Sowaár normally uses discourse affixes less often than do other Sowaár lects, and uses "degree of surprise" affixes more frequently than attitudinal affixes. On average, female High Sowaár speakers use attitudinal affixes more frequently than male speakers. | ||
Some of these affixes were evidentials in Classical Sowaár. | |||
Poetic High Sowaár may use archaic discourse affixes used in Classical Sowaár. | Poetic High Sowaár may use archaic discourse affixes used in Classical Sowaár. | ||
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*INTERROGATIVE: -'é | *INTERROGATIVE: -'é | ||
*TRUTH VALUE FOCUS: -íi | *TRUTH VALUE FOCUS: -íi | ||
*"I know that..." (from the Classical visual evidential) | |||
===Incorporation=== | ===Incorporation=== | ||