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Value Distributivity marked by reduplication
Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Adnominal distributive numerals
Examples
wan-wan
dotii doz bil dam,
tuu-tuu
dotii doz bil am faasa
wan-wan
one-one
dotii
dirt
doz
hab
bil
build
dam,
dam
tuu-tuu
two-two
dotii
dirt
doz
hab
bil
build
am
it
faasa
faster
A dam is built one bit of earth at a time, but two bits of earth at a time would build it faster.
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