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Example 5-46
mii duu kàin káin wok
mii
I
duu
do
kàin~káin
kind~kind
wok
work
I do all kinds of work. OR: I do work of this kind, that kind, the other kind.
Comment:
This example illustrates attenuating (i.e. distributive) interpretation.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 228
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Attenuating and word-class-changing function
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