‘Ja-nee. No, I'm fine’: a note on YES and NO in South Africa
This paper considers some unusual uses of NO and YES observed in South African English (SAE) and other languages spoken in South Africa. Our objective is to highlight the fundamentally speaker-hearer-oriented nature of many of these elements, and to offer a formal perspective on their use. We also a...
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doaj-6186d63b429f4bc59ddda76b5d3542e42020-11-25T03:33:04ZafrStellenbosch UniversityStellenbosch Papers in Linguistics1027-34172223-99362017-12-01480678610.5774/48-0-281‘Ja-nee. No, I'm fine’: a note on YES and NO in South AfricaBiberauer, Theresa 0van Heukelum, Marie-Louise 1Duke, Lalia 2University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; Stellenbosch University, South AfricStellenbosch University, South AfricaStellenbosch University, South AfricaThis paper considers some unusual uses of NO and YES observed in South African English (SAE) and other languages spoken in South Africa. Our objective is to highlight the fundamentally speaker-hearer-oriented nature of many of these elements, and to offer a formal perspective on their use. We also aim to highlight the value of pursuing more detailed investigations of these and other perspectival elements employed in SAE and other languages spoken in South Africa.https://spil.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/281negationaffirmationspeaker-hearerperspectiveclause structurepragmaticalisation |
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Biberauer, Theresa van Heukelum, Marie-Louise Duke, Lalia ‘Ja-nee. No, I'm fine’: a note on YES and NO in South Africa Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics negation affirmation speaker-hearerperspective clause structure pragmaticalisation |
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Biberauer, Theresa van Heukelum, Marie-Louise Duke, Lalia |
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‘Ja-nee. No, I'm fine’: a note on YES and NO in South Africa |
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‘Ja-nee. No, I'm fine’: a note on YES and NO in South Africa |
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‘Ja-nee. No, I'm fine’: a note on YES and NO in South Africa |
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‘Ja-nee. No, I'm fine’: a note on YES and NO in South Africa |
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‘Ja-nee. No, I'm fine’: a note on YES and NO in South Africa |
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‘ja-nee. no, i'm fine’: a note on yes and no in south africa |
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Stellenbosch University |
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Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics |
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1027-3417 2223-9936 |
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This paper considers some unusual uses of NO and YES observed in South African English (SAE) and other languages spoken in South Africa. Our objective is to highlight the fundamentally speaker-hearer-oriented nature of many of these elements, and to offer a formal perspective on their use. We also aim to highlight the value of pursuing more detailed investigations of these and other perspectival elements employed in SAE and other languages spoken in South Africa. |
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negation affirmation speaker-hearerperspective clause structure pragmaticalisation |
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