Re: THEORY: Uses of reduplication
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, March 2, 2008, 16:12 |
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On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> wrote:
> * Admittedly, I don't think anyone would say "book book", except in
> cases of *another* kind of reduplication, where the meaning would be
> "an actual book on paper, as opposed to an ebook or audio book". I am
> not sure whether *that* kind of reduplication changes the semantics
> or not.
Ah, as in the famous, "Yes, but do you just like her, or do you 'like
her' like her?".
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>