Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Khalkha (kha) Alternative Names  Halh Mongolian, Dariganga, Khotogoit, Sartul, Tsongol Family/Group  Altaic, Mongolic Area  Eurasia General Data  spoken in Mongolia Typological Information  • vowel harmony • SOV Reduplication Form-Function  • (C)Vw-: intensification • echo word formation: pluralization Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Productivity  being applied to only some twenty or thirty adjectives, intensifying (C)Vw- reduplication shows restricted productivity (cf. Svantesson et al. 2005: 58) while echo word (noun) reduplication applicable to any noun (including proper names and nominal forms of verbs) is very productive (cf. Svantesson et al. 2005: 59) Forms  Select Valueecho reduplicant with fixed segments   Functions  Select Valueintensification pluralization Patterns  Select Valuepartial echo word formation Semantics  Select Valueintensity similarity   Word Classes  Select Valueadjective/adverb — adjective/adverb noun — noun   All Examples  ⊞ References    Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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