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Example 9-52
Tayga baal i baal i baal i baal n̩ i tek buʃ.
Tayga
tiger
baal
bawl
i
3sg
baal
bawl
i
3sg
baal
bawl
i
3sg
baal
bawl
n̩
and
i
3sg
tek
take
buʃ.
bush
Tiger cried and cried and finally fled into the forest.
Comment:
Here reduplication indicates intensity, pain.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 2004
: CD
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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