Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Rapa Nui (rap) Alternative Names  Easter Island, Pascuense, Rapanui Family/Group  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian Area  SE Asia and Oceania General Data  • spoken in Chile (Easter Island) Typological Information  • VSO Reduplication Form-Function  • full: pluralization, word class derivation, lexical enrichment • partial: pluralization, intensification, diminution, word class derivation Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Forms  Select Valueσ σσ CV V word   Functions  Select Valuediminution intensification lexical enrichment pluralization word class derivation Patterns  Select Valuefull partial Semantics  Select Valuediminuity intensity other plurality similarity   Word Classes  Select Value0 — adjective/adverb 0 — noun adjective/adverb — adjective/adverb noun — adjective/adverb verb — verb   All Examples  ⊟ References Du Feu, Veronica 1996. Rapanui. London/New York: Routledge     Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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