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Example 8-41
swiit-swiit
swiit~swiit
sweet~sweet
something that smells sweet, e.g. perfume, disinfectant
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
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Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Attenuating and word-class-changing function
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