08-03-2023, 01:03 PM
I found this quite interesting, even that maybe a bit far-fetched for VMS: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
A Comparative Survey of Reduplication in Australian Languages
Clearly, however, reduplication is most commonly used to mark concepts which may be considered more "grammatical" than "lexical", and in some cases, more "inflectional" than derivational" (Anderson 1985, 1988b, Bybee 1985).
This is not to claim that reduplication will never mark lexical meaning; it clearly does. However, the tendency in Australia is for reduplication to mark productive grammatical meanings.
gulbir a few
gulbi-gulbir around about a few
baamir tall, long
baami-baamir tallish, longish
A Comparative Survey of Reduplication in Australian Languages
Clearly, however, reduplication is most commonly used to mark concepts which may be considered more "grammatical" than "lexical", and in some cases, more "inflectional" than derivational" (Anderson 1985, 1988b, Bybee 1985).
This is not to claim that reduplication will never mark lexical meaning; it clearly does. However, the tendency in Australia is for reduplication to mark productive grammatical meanings.
gulbir a few
gulbi-gulbir around about a few
baamir tall, long
baami-baamir tallish, longish