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Example 75-16
Wahwah, enn grangran maenzoon uma kaawiikichik.
Wahwah,
wow
enn
def
.
art
.
f
.
sg
gran~gran
big.
red
maenzoon
house
uma
dem
kaa-wiiki-chik.
rel
-build-
3pl
.
sbj
.3.
obj
Wow! That is a really big house that they built!
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Fleury 2007
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective precedes noun
Order of degree word and adjective: Degree word precedes adjective
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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