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Example 54-58
Mwen té an tren fròtfròt en pé loto.
Mwen
1sg
te
pst
antren
prog
frot~frot
rub~rub
en
a
pe
bit
loto.
car
I was polishing the car a little bit.
French:
J'étais en train d'astiquer un peu l'auto (ma voiture).
Comment:
Chaudenson explains that in this case reduplication has a value of "atténuation et répétition" (attenuation and iteration).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Chaudenson 1974
: 1049
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Attenuating function
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