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Example 17-40
Pipol ple̱nti ple̱nti nyàfù nyáfú.
Pipol
people
ple̱nti~ple̱nti
be.plenty~
intens
nyàfù~nyáfú.
ideo
~ABUNDANCE
There are very many people (there).
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Attenuating and word-class-changing function
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