• SV and OV, transitive sentences with full forms for both S and O being rare (cf. Donaldson 1980: 236)
• nominals which do not reduplicate are normally translated by English nouns, those which do reduplicate are translated by adjectives (cf. Donaldson 1980: 70); there are no further (i.e. morphological or syntactic) differences which would justify a differentiation of nominals into nouns and adjectives (cf. Donaldson 1980: 71)
Reduplication Form-Function
productive reduplication copies the first syllable and the first CV of the second syllable onto the front of the stem (cf. Donaldson 1980: 69); depending on the form of the base this can also lead to full reduplication:
• full: diminution, pluralization
• partial: diminution
Relationship Form-Function
various forms - various functions
Reduplication System
• although the basic function of productive reduplication is the reverse of intensive, reduplicated forms can be used in deliberate understatements, which are interpreted intensively (cf. Donaldson 1980: 70; also see there for examples)
• semantic incompatibility between the reduplication meaning (approximately 'more-or-less') and the meaning of a base form may block productive reduplication of certain nominals and verbs (cf. Donaldson 1980: 70, 75; also see there for examples)
Productivity
semantic incompatibility between the reduplication meaning (approximately 'more-or-less') and the meaning of a base form may block productive reduplication of certain nominals and verbs (cf. Donaldson 1980: 70, 75; also see there for examples)
Repetitive Operations
intensification is expressed by adverbs (see Donaldson 1980: 76-79) or occasionally by the repetition of entire words (cf. Donaldson 1980: 70; also see there for an example)
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