26.1131, Disc: Papuan Malay: Single hand-clap as discourse marker

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LINGUIST List: Vol-26-1131. Fri Feb 27 2015. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 26.1131, Disc: Papuan Malay: Single hand-clap as discourse marker

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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:49:59
From: Angela Kluge [angela_kluge at sil.org]
Subject: Papuan Malay: Single hand-clap as discourse marker

 
Dear colleagues,

In my Papuan Malay corpus I found many instances in which speakers mark
pertinent parts of their discourse, such as the climax of a narrative, by
single hand-claps. Have you come across similar phenomena? Could you point me
to some literature regarding this or similar phenomena?

Best wishes,
Angela



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis



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