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Example 18-36
Kainkain klos dem dey fo maket.
Kainkain
kind.kind
klos
cloth
dem
pl
dey
there
fo
for
maket.
market
There are various kinds of dresses in the market.
Comment:
Ayafor (2008: 431) opposes this to:
Mi and ma sista get wan kain klos
'My sister and I have the same kind of dress.'
Type:
published source
Source:
Ayafor 2008
: 431
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
by
Anne Schröder
cite
Datapoints:
Expression of nominal plural meaning: Plural reduplication
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