FeaturesofheHymmnosgrammar语法(英文版).doc

Features of the Hymmnos grammar Hymmnos, described as the language of emotions, has, as its most prominent feature, a sentence structure that focuses on expressing the speakers feelings. Because it is focused on the speakers feelings, statements nominally flow from a first-person perspective. As with so many other things, perhaps it will be easiest to understand how Hymmnos differs from other languages by looking at an example: Was yea ra chs hymmnos mea Emotion Sound verb object object great, enjoyable happiness(I am delighted) become song me This sample sentence means I am delighted to express myself through song, conveyed with an expression of genuine joy by the speaker. ? Emotion Sounds（想音） The first three words in a phrase comprise an Emotion Sound; the meaning of these three words are described in this section. [first : degree]-[second : nature]-[third : desirability] ▼ First wordThe first word in an Emotion Sound describes the degree of the speakers emotion. Rrha trance-like Was very much Wee reasonable Fou a little Ma discretionary Nn reluctant ▼ Second wordThe second word describes the emotion being conveyed. i impatient yea happy waa happy paks excited, nervous num nil ki focused, concentrating wol fervourous apea blessed, bathed in happiness au sad granme wanting to protect, brave touwaka hopeful quel eager, desperate yant fearful guwo angry, resentful jyel lonely zweie determined, sincere ▼ Third wordThe third word describes how desirable the speaker finds the context of the emotion. ga I want this to stop ra I want this to continue erra I want this to continue forever wa I can tolerate this gaya I never want this to happen again gagis I am indifferent Effects of Emotion SoundsEven when speaking the same core sentence, the meaning conveyed by a speaker whose emotional state is cool and collected may be wildly different from the meaning conveyed by a speaker who indicates seething anger. Some Hymmnos used to co