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Example 15-44
wàkà wákà
wàkà~wákà
walk~walk
promiscuous OR: living promiscuously
Comment:
TThis is word-class changing reduplication. he tone assignment on this type of reduplication is different from the tone assignment on the same sequence of words reduplicated for intensity.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Finney 2002
: 25
Language:
Krio
by
Malcolm Awadajin Finney
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Word-class-changing function
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