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Example 64-50
úmon gum númu númu ma ána
úmon
3pl
gum
get_up
númu~númu
sleep~sleep
ma
with
ána
1sg
They began to rape me.
Comment:
The iconic value is iteration.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Manfredi 2005
: 148
Language:
Juba Arabic
by
Stefano Manfredi
and
Sara Petrollino
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Word-class-changing function
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