Datapoint Bahamian Creole/Functions of reduplication

"Intensifying adjectives: don’t use words like very or extremely, just repeat the adjective. If a Bahamian wants to say that a girl is 'Miss Universe’ material, he will that [sic] she is pretty-pretty" (Glinton-Meicholas 1995: 11).

Values

Only iconic functions

Example 12-52:
[...] the wind throw that board right off. I tell you we couldn'ta see nothing, you know, like when it get dark-dark night, we couldn'ta see nothing. The girl - the other girl, she start hollering, I say, Child, you hollering, and you better let's pray. And I start praying, and right after that, girl, I s- it come clear-clear.
[...]
[...]
when
when
it
it
get
get
dark~dark
dark.red
night
night
[...]
[...]
it
it
come
come
clear~clear.
clear.red
[...] [the wind threw that board right off (the boat).] [...] [we weren’t able to see anything] [...] as when the night turns really dark [...]. [The other girl started shouting] [...] [And I started to pray, and right away,] it became very clear.
Example 12-53:
He say he going Freeport. Freeport, yeah, you ever been over there? I never been, I want go visit, and I hear that nice, you know. I hear in Freeport clean-clean!
[...]
[...]
in
in
Freeport
Freeport
clean~clean!
clean.red
[...] Freeport is supposed to be very clean.
Confidence:
Certain