Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Saisiyat (xsy) Alternative Names  Saiset, Seisirat, Saisett, Saisiat, Saisiett, Saisirat, Saisyet, Saisyett, Amutoura, Bouiok Family/Group  Austronesian, Northwest Formosan Area  SE Asia and Oceania General Data  spoken in north-western Taiwan Typological Information  • SVO (with VSO in single argument constructions) • agglutinating • verbal focus system Reduplication Form-Function  • full: repetition, pluralization • CVC-: pluralization, diminution, human • Ca-: instrumental noun, future instrumental focus, reciprocity • CV-: progressive aspect Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Reduplication System  Four patterns of reduplication are attested in Saisiyat – Ca-, CV- CVC-, and full reduplication. They not only denote different meanings but also display different interaction with verbal focus markers. Reduplication in Saisiyat seems to be prefixal. Repetitive Operations  e.g. pongaeh pongaeh (flower flower): "flowers everywhere" and 'aehae' 'aehae' hahila (one one day): "every day" Forms  Select Valueσ CV CVC reduplicant with fixed segments stem   Functions  Select Valuediminution lexical enrichment other pluralization word class derivation Patterns  Select Valuefull partial Semantics  Select Valuecontinuity diminuity other plurality   Word Classes  Select Value0 — adjective/adverb 0 — noun noun — adjective/adverb noun — noun verb — noun verb — verb   All Examples  ⊟ References Blust, Robert A. 1998. "Ca-Reduplication and Proto-Austronesian Grammar". In Oceanic Linguistics 37: 29-64  Yeh, Marie Meili 2009. gdr Questionnaire on Reduplication (Saisiyat). Ms.     Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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