Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Cebuano (ceb) Alternative Names  Sugbuhanon, Sugbuanon, Visayan, Bisaya, Binisaya, Sebuano Family/Group  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian Area  SE Asia and Oceania General Data  Central-Philippine language Typological Information  • focus-system •VSO •dominantly prefixing •"inflecting-agglutinating language" • very flexible word classes Reduplication Form-Function  • CV- (derivation; diminutive); • full (intensive, repetitive, diminutive); • Culu- (repetitive) Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Reduplication System  Culu- is a prosodically conditioned variant of full diminutive reduplication for simplexes with more than two syllables. Forms  Select Valueσσ CV reduplicant with fixed segments stem   Functions  Select Valuediminution intensification lexical enrichment pluralization Patterns  Select Valuefull partial full with affixation partial with affixation Semantics  Select Valuediminuity intensity other plurality   Word Classes  Select Value0 — noun adjective/adverb — adjective/adverb noun — noun other — other pronoun — other verb — other verb — verb   All Examples  ⊟ References Trosdal, Mimi B. 1990. Formal-Functional Cebuano-English Dictionary. Cebu City   2 of 2       Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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