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Reduplication (project working definition)
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A reduplicative construction is a set of at least two linguistic forms F and F'
in a paradigmatic, i.e. non-suppletive morphological relation in which F' contains
a segment or a sequence of segments which is derived from a non-recursive repetition of (a part of) F.
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Simplex Form
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word form which serves as a basis of reduplication (e.g. traki -> ta~traki).
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Reduplicated Word Form
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word form which results from reduplication (e.g. traki -> ta~traki)
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Base
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the portion of the simplex form which is copied (e.g. ta~traki)
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Reduplicant
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the portion of the reduplicated word form which results from copying a base (e.g. ta~traki)
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Terminology
