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Re: Emphasis markers

From:Dana Nutter <sasxsek@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 25, 2006, 19:36
li [Gary Shannon] mi tulis la

> I'm curious to see how other conlangs have marked > emphatic forms. Do you use ephasis marking words or > does your language have a different, emphatic form for > some words? Which part of the sentence is marked?
Sasxsek uses a particle (ai) that precedes the emphasized word. vo ho. = what are you doing? vo ai ho. = *what* are you doing? ai vo ho. = what are *you* doing? ------------------------------ dejnx nxtxr / Dana Nutter LI SASXSEK LATIS. http://www.nutter.net/sasxsek

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Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>Emphasis markers AND 2nd pers. polite