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Example 53-94
To bras li jiska li vini jon jon jon.
To
2sg
bras
stir
li
3sg
jiska
until
li
3sg
vini
become
jon~jon~jon.
yellow~yellow~yellow
You stir it until it becomes very yellow.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Neumann 1985
: 340
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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