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Attenuating function
Example 21-34:
sweet-sweet
sweet~sweet
sweet~sweet
very sweet
Source:
Wee 2004
: 108
Example 21-35:
cough-cough
cough~cough
cough~cough
cough a little
Source:
Wee 2004
: 110
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Language:
Singlish
Feature:
Functions of reduplication
Source:
Ansaldo 2004
: 133-135
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