Nominal reduplication in cross-linguistic perspective

Mattiola, Simone; Barotto, Alessandra

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“…Typologically, these are two of the most common functions of nominal reduplication as noted in Mattiola & Barotto (2023), who state that functions of nominal reduplication cross-linguistically include: a. plurality (additive plurality, greater plurality, distributive plurality, and collectivity), b. related variety and taxonomy ("all kinds of _N_"), c. set construction and associativity ("_N_ and the like"), d. denoting new referents, i.e. to form to new but related lexical items (as in (1d,e), e. expressing evaluative meanings such as diminutive (as in (1c)), endearment, intensification/attenuation, and authenticity/prototypicality, f. exclusivity, and g. indeterminacy.…”

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The functions of full nominal reduplication in Jakarta Indonesian: A corpus-based examination

Fettes

2024

Proc Ling Soc Amer

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Existing literature on full nominal reduplication in Indonesian describes the process as marking plurality or variation of type/kind (Sneddon et al. 2010). There are conflicting claims in the literature as to whether fully reduplicated nouns can cooccur with numerals and/or classifiers (Chung 2000; Dalrymple & Mofu 2012). This paper presents a corpus study of full nominal reduplication (FNR) in Jakarta Indonesian (JI), a recent variant of Malay which emerged as a blend of Jakarta Malay (JM) and Standard Indonesian (SI). In particular, I examine the cooccurrence and linear ordering of other nominal elements with fully reduplicated nouns (FRNs), including quantifiers, numerals, classifiers, demonstratives, possessive pronouns, and the definite article -nya. The corpus study found no instances of FRNs cooccurring with numerals, but one potential instance of an FRN cooccurring with a classifier. FRNs can cooccur with all other nominal elements. The linear ordering of these elements in JI more closely resembles the ordering in JM than in SI in that the FRNs may either precede or follow demonstratives. The corpus study also explores the interpretation of FNR as it pertains to plurality and variation of kind. It presents evidence that an additional function of FNR in JI is contrastive focus.

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The functions of full nominal reduplication in Jakarta Indonesian: A corpus-based examination

Fettes

2024

Proc Ling Soc Amer

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“…Reduplication is known for having a variety of functions cross-linguistically, including approximation (cf., among others, Moravcsik 1978;Inkelas 2014;Mattiola & Barotto 2023). Some examples (retrieved through the ListTyp database) follow:…”

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Non-prototypicality by (discontinuous) reduplication: the N-non-N construction in Italian

Masini,

Di Donato

2023

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This paper contributes to the research on the morphological expression of approximation by analysing the discontinuous reduplication pattern N-non-N in Italian, giving rise to complex nominals (e.g. sapone non sapone lit. soap neg soap ‘non-soap/soap-free cleanser’). The analysis is based on a dataset of 4609 tokens and 692 types extracted from corpora and annotated for orthographical, phonological and categorical parameters. Given its unpredictable formal and semantic properties, N-non-N is analysed as a semi-schematic and productive construction, which is hypothesized to have emerged microdiachronically from the entrenchment and reanalysis of the expression tessuto non tessuto ‘nonwoven fabric’. We claim that the N-non-N construction bears a general function of ‘non-prototypicality’ and produces expressions with complex and specific meanings that are generated in context, by deviating from the ‘prototypical’ N concept in various ways. Despite its productivity, very few N-non-N expressions are conventionalised, making this device similar to other approximative strategies and to evaluative morphology in general.

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The Phenomenon of Reduplication as a Method of Word Formation in Modern French, Spanish, English and Russian Languages

Minova¹,

Kopylova²,

Kuznetsova³

et al. 2023

Филология: Научные Исследования

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The article is devoted to the study of the specifics of the implementation of such a method of word formation as reduplication. The analysis of the linguistic material indicates a fairly wide distribution of this phenomenon in modern French, Spanish, English and Russian. The authors study the features of the implementation of various types of reduplication in the studied languages, and also consider in detail the features of their functioning. The material for the study is examples of reduplicative units from the press and from open sources on the Internet. In the course of the study, methods such as the analysis of theoretical literature, the method of comparative analysis, the method of continuous sampling, as well as observation and generalization, were used. The novelty of the study lies in identifying the dynamics of the functional development of reduplications in the French, Spanish, English and Russian vocabulary in the modern period. The study showed that, although the principles of formation of different types of reduplicative units are comparable in modern French, Spanish, English and Russian, however, there are pronounced differences in the preference for the areas of use of types of reduplication in different languages under study. Of particular interest is the fact that French is characterized by the widespread use of reduplication in the formation of nicknames of famous people from the world of politics and show business, whereas in Spanish, English and Russian it is a rather rare phenomenon.

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Nominal reduplication in cross-linguistic perspective

Cited by 3 publications

References 43 publications

The functions of full nominal reduplication in Jakarta Indonesian: A corpus-based examination

The functions of full nominal reduplication in Jakarta Indonesian: A corpus-based examination

Non-prototypicality by (discontinuous) reduplication: the N-non-N construction in Italian

The Phenomenon of Reduplication as a Method of Word Formation in Modern French, Spanish, English and Russian Languages

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