Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Kiribati (gil) Alternative Names  Ikiribati, Gilbertese Family/Group  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian Area  SE Asia and Oceania Typological Information  Central Micronesian language rightwards derivational reduplication seems to be a feature of all nuclear Micronesian languages (Harrison 1973: 438). Reduplication Form-Function  leftwards CV-reduplication (plural); rightwards -CVCV-reduplication (derivation, plural) Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Reduplication System  Gilbertese can optionally combine the two patterns of reduplication. Compared to other Micronesian languages, Gilbertese does NOT have progressive reduplication. Comments  The data on Kiribati reduplication must be considered tentative (cf. Harrison 1973: 441). Forms  Select ValueCV CVCV   Functions  Select Valuepluralization word class derivation Patterns  Select Valuepartial Semantics  Select Valuecontinuity other 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  Kiyomi, Setsuko 1995. "A new approach to reduplication: a semantic study of noun and verb reduplication in the Malayo-Polynesian languages". In Linguistics 33: 1145-1167     Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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