Re: Dublex (was: Washing-machine words (was: Futurese, Chinese,
| From: | Jeffrey Henning <jeffrey@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 21, 2002, 0:50 |
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And Rosta <a-rosta@...> comuni:
> BTW, I would say your theoretical maximum number of combos is 800, not
> 798. E.g. big-big might mean "gigantic".
I've been wondering what I should do with reduplication. I've been afraid
that it sounds to speakers of Western European languages rather childish and
pidgin-like.
It does seem a natural augmentative, though. Any other suggestions?
Best regards,
Jeffrey
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