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Value Attenuating function
Language:
Mauritian Creole
Parameter:
Functions of reduplication
References
Baker 2003
: 213
Examples
zoli zoli; tris tris
zoli~zoli;
pretty~pretty
tris~tris
sad~sad
very pretty; a bit sad
See
Baker 2003
: 211-18
marse marse; mars-marse
marse~marse;
walk~walk
mars~marse
walk~walk
walk a long way and/or for a long time; stroll about (without any particular destination in mind)
See
Baker 1994
: 79
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