Vowel alternation in disyllabic reduplicatives: an areal dimension
This paper analyzes a variety of languages with regard to vowel alternation patterns in their disyllabic sound symbolic reduplicatives (DSRs). The analysis reveals that (1) a number of different languages have their preferred patterns of vowel alternation for DSRs (e.g. /I/-/ᴅ/ in ding-dong and tic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Tartu Press
2011-12-01
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Series: | Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri |
Online Access: | https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/15304 |