Reduplication (was: Re: Re : Re: Conculturish question)
| From: | taliesin the storyteller <taliesin@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 26, 1999, 19:50 |
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* Lassailly@aol.com (Lassailly@aol.com) [991026 20:40]:
> for instance, full reduplication is consistently used in japanese,
> indonesian and khmer to show :
> - plural
> - frequency, duration
> - mimicry, identity
> - intensity
>
> the interesting thing is that depending on the meaning of the
> reduplicated word, you hardly fail guessing what reduplication means.
> i'm sure you would guess what these mean :
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> girl-girl
feminine? pretty?
> hard-hard
very hard
> to run-run
run fast, for a long time, or in a panicky fashion
> to hit-hit
hit repeatedly
> to visit-visit
be in the habit of visiting
> to be girl-girl
to be feminine/gay
Is that 'correct'?
t.