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Re: THEORY: Uses of reduplication

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Monday, March 3, 2008, 8:52
On 3.3.2008 Eric Christopherson wrote:
> On Mar 2, 2008, at 9:43 PM, caeruleancentaur wrote: > > >> Douglas Koller <laokou@...> wrote: > > > >> "She cried and cried (and cried)." > > > > I would consider that nothing more than a compound predicate. Now > if > > the sentence were "She cried, cried, cried," that's a different > matter. > > > > "Shm-reduplication" has its own Wikipedia entry. > > > > Charlie > > I think it could still be construed as reduplication;
'Tis called "echo-words": <http://linguistlist.org/pubs/diss/browse-diss-action.cfm?DissID=3209> <http://tinyurl.com/2r2lul> AFAIU it they also occur in Arabic and languages influenced by that language at removes. That would include the Indian case, I think. /BP 8^)> -- Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch atte melroch dotte se ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "C'est en vain que nos Josués littéraires crient à la langue de s'arrêter; les langues ni le soleil ne s'arrêtent plus. Le jour où elles se *fixent*, c'est qu'elles meurent." (Victor Hugo)