Thai 'clicks' (fwd)

[Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong]

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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 22:19:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: pascale jacq <pascalejacq at yahoo.com>
To: yui at alpha.tu.ac.th
Subject: Thai 'clicks'

Dear John,

just noting your response to David Gil's question. In
Laotian, the dental and alveolar clicks I heard in the
field tend to be used for expressing positive surprise
and amazement. I have never heard them indicating
anything negative. Are the sounds you have heard in
Thai EVER used to indicate something positive?

Regards,
Pascale Jacq (Mon-Khmer specialist but also a speaker
of Lao)

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Pascale JACQ
LPO Box A22
Australian National University
ACTON, A.C.T. 0200
AUSTRALIA
email: pascalejacq at yahoo.com
webpage: http://www.anu.edu.au/~a108009

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