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Example 10-251
Unu hia di stuori? – Choo!
Unu
2pl
hia
hear
di
art
.
def
stuori?
story
–
–
Choo!
Choo
Have you heard the story? – Choo! (pejorative evaluation)
Comment:
In the literature, the paralinguistic click also called "suck-teeth" which widely occurs in the African diaspora and Africa is sometimes spelled {choo}.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Unpublished field recordings
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Para-linguistic usages of clicks: Clicks can express only affective meanings
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