Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Chuukese (chk) Alternative Names  Truk, Chuuk, Trukese, Ruk, Lagoon Chuukese Family/Group  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian Area  SE Asia and Oceania Typological Information  rightwards derivational reduplication seems to be a feature of all nuclear Micronesian languages (Harrison 1973: 438). Reduplication Form-Function  leftwards CVCV- and C-reduplication (intransitive, plural, derivation); rightwards -CVCV; -i-CVC-reduplication (intransitive; derivation) Relationship Form-Function  various forms - one function Reduplication System  In the Trukic languages, initial gemination is a frequent exponent of the derivational reduplication function (Harrison 1973: 444). Productivity  Rightwards (derivational) reduplication is not productive. Forms  Select ValueC CVC CVCV reduplicant with fixed segments   Functions  Select Valueother pluralization word class derivation Patterns  Select Valuepartial Semantics  Select Valueother plurality   Word Classes  Select Valuenoun — verb verb — noun verb — verb   All Examples  ⊟ References Harrison, Sheldon P. 1973. "Reduplication in Micronesian Languages". In Oceanic Linguistics 12: 407 - 454     Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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