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Para-linguistic usages of clicks
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Both logical and affective meanings
Example 34-168:
Bu wojá-l? –
[yes_click]
/
[no_click]
Bu
2sg
.
sbj
ø
pfv
wojá-l?
see-
3sg
.
obj
–
–
[yes_click]
[click_produced_with_the_apex_of_the
/
tongue_on_the_roof_of_the_mouth]
[no_click]
[purely_labial_click]
Did you see him/her? – Yes/No.
Example 34-169:
[disapproval_click]
Si manera ka sabi-mi nada.
[disapproval_click]
[disapproval_click]
Si
poss
.
3sg
manera
manners
ka
neg
ø
pfv
sabi-mi
nice-
1sg
.
indp
nada.
nothing
(My god!) I do not like his manners at all.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Casamancese Creole
by
Noël Bernard Biagui
and
Nicolas Quint
cite
Language:
Casamancese Creole
Feature:
Para-linguistic usages of clicks
Source:
Own knowledge
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