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➙ Language:
Daga (dgz)
Alternative Names
Dimuga, Nawp
Family/Group
Trans-New Guinea, Main Section
Area
Australia and New Guinea
General Data
spoken in Papua New Guinea
Typological Information
SOV
Reduplication Form-Function
full: pluralization, intensification, lexical enrichment
partial: intensification
Relationship Form-Function
various forms - various functions
Reduplication System
partial (various subclasses) and complete reduplication generally indicating repetition of an action in verbs and pluralization in nouns (cf. Murane 1974: 72)
Forms
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σ
σσ
σσσ
CV
CVCV
word
Functions
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intensification
lexical enrichment
pluralization
Patterns
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full
partial
Semantics
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intensity
plurality
Word Classes
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0 — adjective/adverb
0 — other
0 — verb
adjective/adverb — adjective/adverb
noun — noun
verb — verb
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Terminology
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Field Descriptions
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