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Para-linguistic usages of clicks
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Clicks can express only affective meanings
Example 16-156:
dɛ fait no bì smɔ fait o; no bì smɔ fait; blɔd we dè dè kɔmɔt àm - | | | | |
dɛ
art
fait
fight
no
neg
bì
cop
smɔ
small
fait
fight
o;
neg
no
cop
bì
small
smɔ
fight
fait;
blood
blɔd
comp
we
3pl
dè
prog
dè
come.out
kɔmɔt
3sg
.
obj
àm
-
-
|
ts
|
ts
|
ts
|
ts
|
ts
It was no small fight. No small fight. The blood that was shed - tststststs.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
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Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Feature:
Para-linguistic usages of clicks
Source:
Own fieldwork
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