Value Word-class-changing function

Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
Parameter:
Functions of reduplication
References
Todd 1991: 22

Examples

  1. So troki i wuman put ol haf haf botul-dem an ston fo autsayd.
    So
    so
    troki
    turtle
    i
    3sg.poss
    wuman
    wife
    put
    put
    ol
    all
    haf~haf
    half~half
    botul-dem
    bottle-pl
    an
    and
    ston
    stone
    fo
    for
    autsaid.
    outside
    So the wife of the turtle put all broken bottles and stones outside (lit. So the wife of the turtle put all pieces of bottles and stones outside).

    See Bellama et al. 1983: 85

  2. I bin rohn kwik kwik.
    I
    3sg.sbj
    bin
    pst
    ron
    run
    kwik~kwik.
    quick~quick
    He ran very quickly.

    See Todd 1991: 22

  3. Ren di fol fol.
    Ren
    rain
    di
    ipfv
    fol~fol.
    fall~fall
    It is raining all the time.

    See Ayafor 2008: 439