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Example 34-38
Mininu
barí-barí
garaŋ di biyanda.
Mininu
child
ø
pfv
barí~barí
sweep~sweep
garaŋ
grain
di
of
biyanda.
rice
The child carefully swept the grains of rice (which had fallen onto the ground).
Comment:
This is an example of verb reduplication.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Casamancese Creole
by
Noël Bernard Biagui
and
Nicolas Quint
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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