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➙ Language:
Amele (aey)
Alternative Names
Amale
Family/Group
Trans-New Guinea, Madang-Adelbert Range
Area
Australia and New Guinea
General Data
spoken in Papua New Guinea
Typological Information
SOV
Reduplication Form-Function
full: pluralization, intensification, diminution, lexical enrichment
partial: pluralization, intensification, lexical enrichment
Relationship Form-Function
various forms - various functions
Reduplication System
full reduplication as a left to right operation (Roberts 1991:118)
mirror-image reduplication (Roberts 1991:120)
Forms
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σ
CV
root
VC
word
Functions
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diminution
intensification
lexical enrichment
pluralization
Patterns
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full
partial
Semantics
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diminuity
intensity
plurality
similarity
Word Classes
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0 — adjective/adverb
0 — noun
adjective/adverb — adjective/adverb
noun — adjective/adverb
noun — noun
other — other
pronoun — pronoun
verb — verb
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