18

16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2 Female
0 Male

Hedges or Fillers

2.5

1.5

0.5 Female

0 Male

Tag Questions
 4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5 Female
0 Male

Empty Adjectives

16
14
12
10
8
6
4
Female
2
0 Male

Intensifiers
 2
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2 Female
0
Male

Precise Colour Terms

1
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1 Female
0
Male

Avoidance of Sware words

6
5
4
3
2
1
Female
0
Male

Super Polite Forms

3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
Female
0
Male

Rising Intonation
 2
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2 Female
0
Male

Hypercorrect Grammar

4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5 Female
0
Male

Emphatic Stress
 60 52
50 46
4244
40
30
20
8 10 9
5 67 6 7 Female
10 32
2 20 13 3
Male
0

Total Frequency

Beyond Bone Turned To Ashes

One Mother

Clean Up

Once There Were Two Old Men Independence Male

Independence Female
New Day Breaking
Intimacy Male
The Shinlaung's father Intimacy Female

Her Infinite variety

Close Proximity

The 13-Carat Diamond

The Realm of Humans

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4

BO1
Beyond Bone Turned To…
One Mother
Clean Up
Once There Were Two…
Status Male
New Day Breaking
Status Female
The Shinlaung's father
Connection Male
Her Infinite variety Connection Female
Close Proximity
The 13-Carat Diamond
The Realm of Humans

0 2 4 6 8

BO2

Beyond Bone Turned…

One Mother
Clean Up
Once There Were Two…
Report Male
New Day Breaking
Report Female
The Shinlaung's father Rapport Male
Her Infinite variety Rapport Female
Close Proximity
The 13-Carat Diamond
The Realm of Humans

0 5 10 15

BO3
 Beyond Bone Turned To…
One Mother
Clean Up
Once There Were Two…
Advice Male
New Day Breaking
Advice Female
The Shinlaung's father Comfort Male
Her Infinite variety Comfort Female
Close Proximity
The 13-Carat Diamond
The Realm of Humans
0 1 2 3 4 5

BO4

Beyond Bone Turned To Ashes

One Mother
Clean Up
Once There Were Two Old…
New Day Breaking Lecturing Male
Lecturing Female
The Shinlaung's father
Listening Male
Her Infinite variety
Listening Female
Close Proximity
The 13-Carat Diamond
The Realm of Humans
0 2 4 6 8

BO5
Beyond Bone Turned To Ashes
One Mother
Clean Up
Once There Were Two Old…
Male
New Day Breaking
Female
The Shinlaung's father Male
Her Infinite variety Female
Close Proximity
The 13-Carat Diamond
The Realm of Humans
0 2 4 6 8 10

BO6

40
40
35 32
30 27
25
25 22 22
19 19 20
20 17 18 16
18
14 14 15
15 12 12
10 8 Total Female
5
5 Total Male

0
Total BO