Search: Start Page ➙ 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  Select Value σ CV root VC word   Functions  Select Valuediminution intensification lexical enrichment pluralization Patterns  Select Valuefull partial Semantics  Select Valuediminuity intensity plurality similarity   Word Classes  Select Value0 — adjective/adverb 0 — noun adjective/adverb — adjective/adverb noun — adjective/adverb noun — noun other — other pronoun — pronoun verb — verb   All Examples  ⊟ References Roberts, John R. 1991. "Reduplication in Amele". In: Dutton, Tom, eds., Papers in Papuan Linguistics No. 1, Canberra: The Australian National University Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies     Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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