Value Distributivity marked by reduplication

Language:
Bislama
Parameter:
Adnominal distributive numerals

Examples

  1. Mifala i putum long lanwis blong Mota be wan wan aelan blong Bankis hemi gat difren nem blong ol samting ia long lanwis blong olgeta.
    Mifala
    1pl.excl
    i
    agr
    putum
    put
    long
    loc
    lanwis
    language
    blong
    poss
    Mota
    Mota
    be
    but
    wan
    one
    wan
    one
    aelan
    island
    blong
    poss
    Bankis
    Banks
    hemi
    3sg.agr
    gat
    have
    difren
    different
    nem
    name
    blong
    poss
    ol
    pl
    samting
    something
    ia
    def
    long
    loc
    lanwis
    language
    blong
    poss
    olgeta.
    3pl
    We have given (the names) in Mota but every island in the Banks has different names for these things in their own language.

    See Meyerhoff 1998