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Example 2-59
a oso de férfi férfi
a
art
oso
house
de
cop
férfi~férfi
paint~STATE
The house is (in a) painted (state).
Comment:
This is an example of word-class changing reduplication (here: V > ADJ).
Type:
unknown
Source:
Smith 2003
: 90
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Attenuating and word-class-changing function
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