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Example 55-48
zoli zoli; tris tris
zoli~zoli;
pretty~pretty
tris~tris
sad~sad
very pretty; a bit sad
Comment:
Reduplicated adjectives which precede the noun are iconic while those which follow are attenuative.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Baker 2003
: 211-18
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Attenuating function
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