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Value Only iconic functions
Language:
Pichi
Parameter:
Functions of reduplication
References
Yakpo 2009
Examples
Bɔ̀t in sìdɔ́n
dɔn dɔn dɔn
yàndá.
Bɔ̀t
but
in
3sg
.
emph
sìdɔ́n
stay
dɔn
down
dɔn
rep
dɔn
rep
yàndá.
yonder
But he lives far down there.
See
Yakpo 2009
: 325
Sɔ̀ntɛ́n è bìn dè
jùmp-jump jùmp-jump
pero è stret naw.
Sɔ̀ntɛ́n
perhaps
è
3sg
.
sbj
bìn
pst
dè
ipfv
jùmp~jump
red
.
cpd
.jump
jùmp~jump
red
.
cpd
.jump
pero
but
è
3sg
.
sbj
stret
be.straight
naw.
now
Perhaps she was jumping around aimlessly all the time but she’s upright now.
See
Yakpo 2009
: 148
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