Re: THEORY: Uses of reduplication

From: caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>

> The Wikipedia entry on reduplication is quite extensive!  It does not
> mention, however, it's use in Spanish as an intensive/continuative,
> perhaps because it is colloquial or regional.  The Mexicans
> hereabouts use it frequently.  It often has a negative feeling about
> it.
> Ella llora, llora, llora.
> She kept on crying and wouldn't stop.
"She cried and cried (and cried)."

Not so mystical.

Kou