‘Ja-nee. No, I'm fine’ : a note on YES and NO in South Africa
Date
2017
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Stellenbosch University, Department of Linguistics
Abstract
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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CITATION: Biberauer, T., et al. 2017. ‘Ja-nee. No, I'm fine’ : a note on YES and NO in South Africa. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 48:67-86
doi:10.5774/48-0-281.
The original publication is available at http://spil.journals.ac.za
The original publication is available at http://spil.journals.ac.za
Keywords
Negation, Grammar, comparative and general -- Negatives, Affirmations, Conversation analysis, Interpersonal communication, Metaphors in literature
Citation
Biberauer, T., et al. 2017. ‘Ja-nee. No, I'm fine’ : a note on YES and NO in South Africa. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 48:67-86
doi:10.5774/48-0-281