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This presentation describes the forms and uses of reduplication in world languages, with a focus on Malayo-Polynesian languages. It explores the extent to which reduplication exhibits iconicity and possible universal trends in the uses of reduplication. When reduplication is present in the grammar of a language, it tends to mark concepts such as plurality, intensification, and augmentation/diminution. Examples are drawn from Samoan and Chamorro. |
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