Essays about: "Reduplication"

Found 5 essays containing the word Reduplication.

1. 1. REDUPLICATED FORM OF ADJECTIVES IN SOMALI: A plural form or something else?

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Ahmed Abdulqaadir Sheikh; [2023-06-21]
   Keywords : Somali; adjective; reduplication; agreement; distributivity;

   Abstract : Abstract The Somali adjectives gets reduplicated. This form of the adjective usually follows the nouns in the plural and the base form follows the nouns in the singular. The thesis aims to study the form and function of the reduplication of the adjectives (in contrast with the base form). READ MORE

3. 2. A Study in Flim-Flam: Reduplicative Ablaut Ideophones in English

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Ted Jansson Wallace; [2019]
   Keywords : Ideophones Reduplication Iconicity; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : In this study I analysed reduplicative ablaut ideophones in English for their morphosyntactical properties, as ideophones in other languages have been found to have several marked characteristics in this respect. Informed by the typology of ideophones in other languages, my research questions were whether the reduplicatives would appear integrated into or outside of sentences, if they would fill functions associated with traditional word classes, whether they would inflect and derive like other words, and if they would be limited to declarative type sentences and resist negation. READ MORE

4. 3. Form and function of reduplicated nouns in Japanese

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Linus Olsson; [2015]
   Keywords : Form; function; Japanese; meaning; noun; reduplication;

   Abstract : This study investigates the form and function of reduplication in nouns in Japanese. Three main areas were investigated: meaning, morphosyntactic behavior, and register. The study was conducted with informants participating in meetings which were audio recorded. READ MORE

5. 4. Hindi-Vindi and Pashto-Mashto : Comments on Various Types of Lexical Reduplication in Hindi and Pashto

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Sandybell Pollock; [2014]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to examine potential similarities in Hindi1 and Pashto grammar as regards to the arial feature of lexical reduplication, and to give a brief explanation of the phenomenon. It is my belief that this feature appears in both languages and that it functions in a similar way when it comes to: full reduplication, distribution and partial reduplication, so called echo-words. READ MORE

6. 5. Revisiting Reduplication : Toward a description of reduplication in predicative signs in Swedish Sign Language

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Carl Börstell; [2011]
   Keywords : Reduplication; mouthing; doubling; oral reduplication; Swedish Sign Language; event structure; pluractionality; plurality; morphology;

   Abstract : This study investigates the use of reduplication with predicative signs in Swedish Sign Language (SSL), and also the related phenomena doubling and displacement. Reduplication in SSL typically expresses plurality of events and/or referents, but may also express intensification, ongoing event or generic activity. READ MORE