Syntaxic-Semantic Adventures

... refers particularly to syntaxic and lexical homonomy... an algorithm for syntaxic-semantic analysis is proposed... experience occurs in one or more of 3 modes - the prototaxic, parataxic and syntaxic... E(psi) = A(e) x I(c) x t, if any equals 0 = blank mind

Saturday

Kapa trebe blepah

At a quick glance, one can be forgiven for thinking that this might be a signage in foreign language from an airport perhaps somewhere in Africa. Look again carefully. I am amused by this Kelantan airport signage from an interesting story in The Star newspaper today (which also shows a nice picture of actress Maya Karin in tudung, yes, that's right, on a Celcom billboard - only in Kelantan. She appears differently, as one would normally observe, on similar billboards elsewhere).

And a rough guide to semantics: Check-in = Perekso dale; departures = kapa trebe belepah; information = nok tanyo gapo?; viewing gallery = slamak jale. The words are perfectly clear and understood by Kelantanese but the phonetics can be quite a challenge to those without a valid paspok to Klate.

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