reduplication
Let an agent explain reduplication and its types, relay examples across languages, describe its functions and theoretical treatment, and distinguish it from repetition in syntax and from onomatopoeia.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain reduplication and its types, relay examples across languages, describe its functions and theoretical treatment, and distinguish it from repetition in syntax and from onomatopoeia.
A morphological process in which all or part of a word is repeated to form a new word or express a grammatical meaning such as plurality, intensity, diminution or continuity, as in Indonesian orang-orang for people, echo words in South Asian languages, contrastive focus reduplication in English as in like it or LIKE it like it, and shm-reduplication as in fancy-shmancy; reduplication is found in most language families, is studied in phonology and morphology, and appears in child language and expressive vocabulary.
What it is for: Not applicable; a linguistic process.
It can be explain types and functions; relay examples across languages; describe theoretical treatments; distinguish from repetition.
Distinguishing features
Full and partial forms
Grammatical and expressive functions
Cross-linguistic frequency
Fixed segmentism in some types
What it looks like
Not a visible object; written and spoken doubled forms.
How it is recognised
Word formation by repeating part or all of a word
Full, partial, echo, contrastive focus and shm forms
Syntactic repetition and onomatopoeia are separate phenomena
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is studied in - the field
is contrasted with - in syntax and discourse
In practice
Families and kinds
full reduplication
partial reduplication
echo words and fixed-segment reduplication such as shm-reduplication
contrastive focus reduplication
reduplication in specific languages such as Russian, Indonesian or Tagalog
reduplication in child language and ideophones
Standards and regulation
No regulation; linguistic conventions and descriptive grammars
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing reduplication with repetition
Overgeneralising functions across languages
Unsourced examples
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What reduplication is.
Linguistics.
Definition
Definition and types.
Definition
Definition.
- What is reduplication, and what types exist? definition
- Is the phenomenon reduplication, syntactic repetition or onomatopoeia? boundary
Functions
Functions.
Functions
Functions.
- What meanings does reduplication express across languages? definition
- Which entry fits the specific language? action
Examples Examples across languages.
Sources.
Languages
Languages.
Languages
Languages.
- How does reduplication work in languages such as Indonesian, Tagalog, Russian and English? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Special
Echo and shm forms.
Special
Special.
- How do echo words, shm-reduplication and contrastive focus reduplication work? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific type? action
Theory Theory.
Linguistics.
Phonology
Phonological analysis.
Phonology
Phonology.
- How do phonological theories such as prosodic morphology and correspondence theory analyse reduplication? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Typology
Typology.
Typology
Typology.
- How common is reduplication across language families, according to typological surveys? provenance
- Which entry fits linguistic typology? action
Context Acquisition and usage.
Context.
Acquisition
Child language.
Acquisition
Acquisition.
- What role does reduplication play in child language and baby talk? provenance
- Which entry fits language acquisition? action
Usage
Usage and style.
Usage
Usage.
- How is reduplication used in slang, advertising and literature? provenance
- Which entry fits expressive language? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should contrastive focus and shm-reduplication be separate entries?
- How should typological databases be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific types and a language-specific topic; should they be split off?