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Toaq has a tendency to branch heavily to the right, so why not allow the rightmost branch special rights? Enter {{t|ꝡá}}. Under the proposal, {{t|ꝡä}} would not capture clause-final adverbials, whereas {{t|ꝡá}} would, but can only appear as the final element in a sentence (save for the [[speech act]] particle). | Toaq has a tendency to branch heavily to the right, so why not allow the rightmost branch special rights? Enter {{t|ꝡá}}. Under the proposal, {{t|ꝡä}} would not capture clause-final adverbials, whereas {{t|ꝡá}} would, but can only appear as the final element in a sentence (save for the [[speech act]] particle). | ||
In other words, {{t|ꝡä}} makes " | In other words, {{t|ꝡä}} makes "small" clauses that can't have trailing adverbials, whereas {{t|ꝡá}} opens a "big" clause that can never be closed. | ||
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! ‘how much’ | ! ‘how much’ | ||
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! | ! Big clause Ⓐ | ||
| {{t|ꝡá}} | | {{t|ꝡá}} | ||
| {{t|má}} | | {{t|má}} | ||