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Example 2-60
a oso férfi ferfi
a
art
oso
house
férfi~ferfi
paint~
iter
The house was/has been painted several times.
Comment:
This is an example of iterative verbal reduplication with the main accent on the stem.
Type:
unknown
Source:
Adamson and 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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