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Example 25-155
Im-in baj-im-ap-baj-im-ap.
Im-in
3sg
-
pst
baj-im-ap~baj-im-ap.
pass-
tr
-up-pass-
tr
-up
He was bringing it.
Comment:
Variety: Roper River. This example illustrates the use of reduplication to indicate temporal extension of an event.
Type:
unknown
Source:
Sandefur 1979
: 117
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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