JA contrastive stress and intonation

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"⁣How you say something in Jamaican, is just as important as what you say! Because of its incredible hybrid roots, shifting your tone, pitch, or word stress can instantly turn a statement into a question, or completely flip the vibe of a sentence! 🤯Watch how changing the intonation on this exact same phrase changes everything." Jamaican Sinting (liberated from crakkkabook reels)

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Kwabena Ofori Osei
Kwabena Ofori Osei
3 hours ago

“Me se…” is something an Akan-Asante Twi speaker will say.

Very Interesting.

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