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Example 54-55
Mwen lé fayfay.
Mwen
1sg
le
cop
.
prs
fay~fay.
tired~tired
I am a bit tired.
French:
Je suis un peu fatigué.
Comment:
Chaudenson (1974) states that in this example "la forme redoublée a une valeur d'atténuation" [the reduplicated form has a value of attenuation].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Chaudenson 1974
: 1048
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Attenuating function
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