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Example 7-71
a wikid wikid man
a
indf
wikid~wikid
wicked~wicked
man
man
a very wicked/cruel man
Comment:
Adjectives are intensified by juxtaposed repetition.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 137
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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