Beware bambai-lest it be apprehensive

Denise Angelo; Eva Schultze-Berndt

doi:10.1515/9781614518792-015

Beware bambai-lest it be apprehensive

Denise Angelo, Eva Schultze-Berndt

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The aim of this paper is to draw attention to the use of the Kriol particle bambai as an apprehensive, i.e. a main clause modal marker indicating that an event will potentially occur but is undesirable, with associated pragmatics of warning or threat. This use is considered an extension from the temporal/sequential function of this particle that is widespread in creole languages of the Pacific, including Kriol.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Loss and Renewal: Australian Languages Since Colonisation
Editors	Felicity Meakins and Carmel O'Shannessy
Place of Publication	Boston/Berlin
Publisher	De Gruyter Mouton
Pages	255-296
Volume	13
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	9781614518877
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614518792-015
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Beware bambai-lest it be apprehensive

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