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Reduplication (was: Re: Re : Re: Conculturish question)

From:taliesin the storyteller <taliesin@...>
Date:Tuesday, October 26, 1999, 19:50
* 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 : > > 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.