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Example 16-40
ì bì puɔ puɔ dè mek jù dè go bus
ì
3sg
bì
cop
puɔ~puɔ
poor~poor
dè
hab
mek
caus
jù
2sg
dè
hab
go
go
bus
booze
It is poverty that makes you go and drink.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 2003
: 144
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Word-class-changing function
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