Value Word-class-changing function

Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Functions of reduplication
References
Huber 2003

Examples

  1. ì dè vɔmit vɔmit dɛn ʃit ʃit
    ì
    3sg
    dè
    prog
    vɔmit~vɔmit
    vomit~vomit
    dɛn
    and
    ʃit~ʃit
    shit~shit
    He kept on vomiting and shitting.

    See Huber 2003: 145

  2. ì bì puɔ puɔ dè mek jù dè go bus
    ì
    3sg
    bì
    cop
    puɔ~puɔ
    poor~poor
    dè
    hab
    mek
    caus
    jù
    2sg
    dè
    hab
    go
    go
    bus
    booze
    It is poverty that makes you go and drink.

    See Huber 2003: 144