Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Ulithian (uli) Family/Group  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian Area  SE Asia and Oceania General Data  Micronesian language Reduplication Form-Function  leftwards CV- and CVC- reduplication (progressive, derivation); rightwards -CVCV-reduplication (intensive, progressive) Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Reduplication System  As opposed to most Micronesian languages, Ulithian does not mark intranstive verbs by reduplication (but by the suffixes xa- or -xili), cf. Sohn & Bender 1973: 322. Productivity  • For progessive tense/aspect marking on verbs there is no alternative to reduplication. • Rightwards reduplication is unproductive. Forms  Select Valueσ CV CVC CVCV   Functions  Select Valueintensification lexical enrichment pluralization word class derivation Patterns  Select Valuepartial partial with affixation Semantics  Select Valuecontinuity intensity other   Word Classes  Select Value0 — verb noun — verb verb — noun verb — verb   All Examples  ⊟ References Sohn, Ho-min, B.W. Bender 1973. A Ulithian Grammar. Canberra: The Australian National University Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies; (relevant pages: 44/45; 322)     Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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