Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Ilocano (ilo) Alternative Names  Iloko, Iluko, Ilokano, Samtoy Family/Group  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian Area  SE Asia and Oceania General Data  Philippine language of Northern Luzon Island Typological Information  • head-marking • VSO • verbal focus system Reduplication Form-Function  • CVC- (nominal and verbal plural; intensive) • CV- (plural, numeral limitation) • aginCV- (pretense) • sagCV- (numeral distributive) • -C- (human noun plural) • full (lexical enrichment) Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Reduplication System  • Eight formal reduplication types with overlapping functions. • Reduplicated material can consist of root only, or affix and root. Productivity  Productive reduplication types: CV- and CVC- Repetitive Operations  Repetitive constructions are uncommon. E.g. Ay-ayatenka unay unay. "I love you very very much." Forms  Select ValueC CV CVC CVCV reduplicant with fixed segments stem   Functions  Select Valuediminution intensification lexical enrichment pluralization Patterns  Select Valuefull partial partial with affixation Semantics  Select Valuecontinuity diminuity intensity other plurality   Word Classes  Select Valueadjective/adverb — adjective/adverb noun — noun verb — verb   All Examples  ⊟ References Rubino, Carl Ralph Galvez 2000. Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar: Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press; (relevant pages: xlv-lxxii)  Rubino, Carl R. G. 2005. "Ilocano". In: Brown, Keith, eds., Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd, Oxford: Elsevier     Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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