A DESCRIPTION OF KINYAKYUSA REDUPLICATION  

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Lusekelo, Amani

Jenis: Article from Journal
Dalam koleksi: SKASE: Journal of Theoretical Linguistics vol. 6 no. 2 (Feb. 2009), page 1-20.
Topik: Kinyakyusa; reduplication; typology; semantics
Fulltext: Amani Lusekelo.pdf (116.21KB)

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Kinyakyusa (M31, Guthrie 1967/71) makes use of a full-copy reduplication of monosyllabic words. The process differs from that of polysyllabic words in that the former includes the infinitive and subject markers in the reduplicants. Asymmetrical reduplication is attested and divides into stem copy and segmental doubling. While the derivational and inflectional behaviour of the verbal reduplication in Kinyakyusa resembles other Bantu languages, it includes the object marker at least in the monosyllabic verb -pa ‘give’ > -mpampa ‘give repeatedly’. Also, vowel initial words are associated with vowel deletion and lengthening processes. Reduplicants in Kinyakyusa are prefixal but the tone criterion used in Bantu languages cannot apply.

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