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Example 22-52
Tasol mi painim painim, nogat.
Tasol
but
mi
1sg
painim~painim,
search~search
nogat.
nothing
I kept searching but in vain.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Verhaar 1995
: 332
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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