05-09-2017, 06:04 PM
JKP: one example I can think of in English is "so-so". This can intensify ("I love this forum so so much!") but also diminish: "The quality of this forum is so-so".
The difference is of course that diminishing reduplication is not productive in current Indo-European languages, it's only seen in a limited number of expressions.
The difference is of course that diminishing reduplication is not productive in current Indo-European languages, it's only seen in a limited number of expressions.