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Example 49-66
M ap fè travay la pwòp pwòp.
M
1sg
ap
inacc
fè
do
travay
work
la
def
pwòp~pwòp.
proper~proper
I will do this work very neatly.
French:
Je vais faire ce travail très proprement.
Comment:
The reduplication of the adverb marks high intensity.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fattier 1998
: 930
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Attenuating function
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