Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Portuguese, Brazilian (por) Alternative Names  Português Family/Group  Indo-European, Italic Area  South America General Data  • spoken in Brazil • different vocalism in stressed vs. unstressed (and pre- vs. posttonic) syllables; exceptions: adverb and noun derivation with certain suffixes and reduplication, where the full vocalism is retained Reduplication Form-Function  full (derivation); partial (hypocoristic kinship terms) Relationship Form-Function  one form - various functions Reduplication System  • partial RED: the stressed vocalism of the base is retained in the reduplicated, unstressed syllable Diachrony  kinship term reduplication in Portuguese does not descend from Latin; it has its origin in child language; cf. also French Productivity  partial reduplication is restricted to the kinship terms; these reduplications are very frequent --> "doubtful" productivity Forms  Select Valueµ σ σσ CV stem   Functions  Select Valuediminution lexical enrichment word class derivation Patterns  Select Valuefull partial Semantics  Select Valuediminuity intensity not decided other plurality   Word Classes  Select Value0 — noun adjective/adverb — adjective/adverb noun — noun verb — noun   All Examples  ⊞ References    Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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