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Value Clicks can express only affective meanings
Language:
San Andres Creole English
Parameter:
Para-linguistic usages of clicks
Examples
Unu hia di stuori? – Choo!
Unu
2pl
hia
hear
di
art
.
def
stuori?
story
–
–
Choo!
Choo
Have you heard the story? – Choo! (pejorative evaluation)
An wen ihn kom, ihn sei: “Cho! Unu nuo se ai gat trobl shitin an ai kyaan gou paati.”
An
and
wen
when
ihn
3sg
kom,
come
ihn
3sg
sei:
say
“Cho!
cho
Unu
2pl
nuo
know
se
comp
Ai
1sg
gat
get
trobl
trouble
shit-in
shit-ting
an
and
Ai
1sg
kyaan
cannot
gou
go
paati.”
party
And when he came, he said: "Cho! You know I have such a hard time shitting that I can't go to the party."
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