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Example 7-74
Dem duhz waak bruhk uhp bruhk uhp.
Dem
3pl
duhz
hab
waak
walk
bruhk
broke
uhp
up
bruhk
broke
uhp.
up
They walk very unsteadily.
Comment:
Words that have an adverbial function are intensified by juxtaposed repetition.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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