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Figures & data
Figure 1. Areas in northern Australia, where Jaru, Gija, Murrinhpatha and Garrwa are traditionally spoken
Table 1. The corpus of compassionate interjections
Figure 2. Marjorie’s Oh (line 3) – 0.9 s rise–fall
Figure 3. Miriam’s kurda – 0.2 s flat intonation
Figure 4. Shirley’s mm (line 5) – 0.6 s rise–fall (perturbation caused by overlap with other speakers)
Figure 5. Peggy’s Ah (line 6) – 0.8 s rise–fall
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Data availability statement
The data that support these findings are not publicly available but may be available on request from the corresponding author (IM) subject to explicit consent from those recorded.