Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Portuguese (por) Alternative Names  Português Family/Group  Indo-European, Italic Area  Eurasia Reduplication Form-Function  full (derivation), partial (hypochoristic kinship terms) Relationship Form-Function  one form - various functions Reduplication System  Reduplication is mainly used for deverbal noun derivation and for creating new (onomatopoetic) words. Productivity  The majority of reduplications are spelled with a hyphen. Stylistic Information  Some words can be reduplicated for expressive intensification. Comments  In addition to the collection of reduplication in Portuguese of Heinz Kröll 1990, the "Dicionàrio de português alemão, porto editoria 1997" has been consulted for examples. Forms  Select Valueσ σσ CV stem word   Functions  Select Valuediminution intensification lexical enrichment word class derivation Patterns  Select Valuefull partial Semantics  Select Valuediminuity intensity other   Word Classes  Select Value0 — noun 0 — verb adjective/adverb — adjective/adverb noun — noun verb — adjective/adverb verb — verb   All Examples  ⊞ References    Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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