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Example 5-45
dem piknii dee fós fós
dem
those
piknii
child
dee
be
fós~fós
first~first
The children went in front. OR: Those children were very much in front. (iconic interpretation)
Comment:
This example illustrates an iconic interpretation.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 230 (line 1142)
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Attenuating and word-class-changing function
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