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Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
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Para-linguistic usages of clicks
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Clicks can express only affective meanings
Example 31-175:
Tsk, N ka sabe s'el ta ben.
Tsk,
tsk
N
I
ka
neg
sabe
know
s'el
if-he
ta
fut
ben.
come
Tsk, I wonder if he will come.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
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Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
Feature:
Para-linguistic usages of clicks
Source:
own knowledge (Marlyse Baptista)
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