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Example 25-156
Wan lain deibin gowin-gowin.
Wan
one
lain
line
dei=bin
3pl
=
pst
gowin~gowin.
red
.go:in
They went in one line. (referring to cockroaches)
Comment:
Variety: Written Roper River. This example illustrates the use of reduplication in on a predicate to indicate plurality of agents.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Bennett 1986
: 6
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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