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| en:grammar:reduplication [2023-01-21 09:57] – [Reduplication for intensity and long duration] Add rationale christian | en:grammar:reduplication [2023-01-21 09:58] (current) – [Reduplication for intensity and long duration] christian |
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| **Ya li nulis nulis [until] nait van.** – He/She wrote and wrote until late at night. | **Ya li nulis nulis [until] nait van.** – He/She wrote and wrote until late at night. |
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| //Rationale:// According to WALS (ch. 27), most languages use reduplication for some semantic or grammatical purposes. WALS doesn't include a detailed study of what these purposes are, but according to APiCs (ch. 26), pidgins and creole languages most typically use it for iconic functions such as intensity (making a quality stronger) or iteration (indicating that a action takes place repeatedly or for a long time). We use it for these purposes as well. Cases of reduplication changing a word class occurs less frequently, but this is still the second most common function. We use it for this purpose too (see the next section). | //Rationale:// According to WALS (ch. 27), most languages use reduplication for some semantic or grammatical purposes. WALS doesn't include a detailed study of what these purposes are, but according to APiCs (ch. 26), pidgins and creole languages most typically use it for iconic functions such as intensity (making a quality stronger) or iteration (indicating that a action takes place repeatedly or for a long time). We use it for these purposes as well. Cases of reduplication changing a word class are less frequent, but this is still the second most common function. We use it for this purpose too (see the next section). |
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| ===== Making adverbs from prepositions ===== | ===== Making adverbs from prepositions ===== |
