Morris Halle
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262062787
- eISBN:
- 9780262273152
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262062787.003.0014
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Theoretical Linguistics
This chapter examines the descriptive problems of reduplication that have been observed in the languages of the world and offers an explicit formalism that provides a unified account of the different ...
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This chapter examines the descriptive problems of reduplication that have been observed in the languages of the world and offers an explicit formalism that provides a unified account of the different kinds of reduplicative systems described in the literature. It argues that there are only three kinds of reduplication: simple, partial, and augmented. Simple reduplication copies a single sequence of segments in a word, while partial and augmented reduplication copy a single sequence of segments. Partial and augmented reduplication are examples of simple reduplication, in which deletions (partial reduplication) or additions (augmented reduplication) occur at the edges of the copied strings. The chapter proposes a framework where brackets are inserted around a segment sequence by readjustment rules linked to a morpheme that is perhaps otherwise phonetically null. In this approach, reduplications sometimes interact with other rules of the phonology or morphology. An account of metathesis is implicit in the formalism for partial reduplication.Less
This chapter examines the descriptive problems of reduplication that have been observed in the languages of the world and offers an explicit formalism that provides a unified account of the different kinds of reduplicative systems described in the literature. It argues that there are only three kinds of reduplication: simple, partial, and augmented. Simple reduplication copies a single sequence of segments in a word, while partial and augmented reduplication copy a single sequence of segments. Partial and augmented reduplication are examples of simple reduplication, in which deletions (partial reduplication) or additions (augmented reduplication) occur at the edges of the copied strings. The chapter proposes a framework where brackets are inserted around a segment sequence by readjustment rules linked to a morpheme that is perhaps otherwise phonetically null. In this approach, reduplications sometimes interact with other rules of the phonology or morphology. An account of metathesis is implicit in the formalism for partial reduplication.
Larry M. Hyman, Inkelas Sharon, and Sibanda Galen
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262083799
- eISBN:
- 9780262274890
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262083799.003.0013
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Lexicography
Research on partial reduplication has primarily focused on developing a theory that takes into account all of the factors which speakers may invoke in trying to determine how a reduplicant will ...
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Research on partial reduplication has primarily focused on developing a theory that takes into account all of the factors which speakers may invoke in trying to determine how a reduplicant will relate to its base. There have been attempts to characterize the reduplicant in prosodic terms and the role of morphological structure in determining the link between base and reduplicant. This chapter examines verb-stem reduplication in Ndebele, a Southern Bantu language spoken by the Nguni group, and shows how the reduplicant in Ndebele is conditioned by phonological and morphological factors that are “abstract” in nature. It argues that the reduplicant of an Ndebele verb stem must be analyzed as a verb stem itself and explains how its surface form is derived by direct spell-out of its own (identical) morphosyntactic structure, which, in turn, is a direct copy from the base. The chapter also discusses complications arising in the reduplication of stems containing subminimal or “consonantal” verb roots, along with fusion or “imbrication” of perfective -ile, the passive suffix -w-, and palatalization.Less
Research on partial reduplication has primarily focused on developing a theory that takes into account all of the factors which speakers may invoke in trying to determine how a reduplicant will relate to its base. There have been attempts to characterize the reduplicant in prosodic terms and the role of morphological structure in determining the link between base and reduplicant. This chapter examines verb-stem reduplication in Ndebele, a Southern Bantu language spoken by the Nguni group, and shows how the reduplicant in Ndebele is conditioned by phonological and morphological factors that are “abstract” in nature. It argues that the reduplicant of an Ndebele verb stem must be analyzed as a verb stem itself and explains how its surface form is derived by direct spell-out of its own (identical) morphosyntactic structure, which, in turn, is a direct copy from the base. The chapter also discusses complications arising in the reduplication of stems containing subminimal or “consonantal” verb roots, along with fusion or “imbrication” of perfective -ile, the passive suffix -w-, and palatalization.
