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Example 26-118
Speaker_A: dɛn hi waɪp hiz aɪ laɪg hi ws kɹaɪn bat hiz læfin sɔ – Speaker_B: tut-tut-tut
Speaker_A:
Speaker_
a
:
dɛn
then
hi
3sg
waɪp
wipe
hiz
3sg
.
poss
aɪ
eye
laɪg
like
hi
3sg
ws
was
kɹa-ɪn
cry-
prog
bat
but
hi-z
3sg
-is
læf-in
laugh-
prog
sɔ
so
–
–
Speaker_B:
Speaker_B:
tut-tut-tut
tut-tut-tut
Speaker A: Then he wiped his eyes like he was crying but he was laughing, so... – Speaker B: tut-tuts.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 184
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Para-linguistic usages of clicks: Clicks can express only affective meanings
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