(Non-)Canonical reduplication
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Thomas Stolz
Abstract
This study introduces canonical reduplication as a common yardstick for reduplicative phenomena as they are discussed for individual languages or cross-linguistically. The (mainly methodological) advantages of the canonical approach over extant competitors (as e.g. prototypical reduplication) in research dedicated to reduplication in general are outlined by way of ticking off a selection of the plethora of putative as well as bona fide instances of reduplication which figure prominently in the relative literature. The unclear phenomenology of reduplication can be shown to be ordered according to the general principles of canonicity. The canonical type of reduplication allows us to reflect about the legitimacy of some of the basic distinctions which have been made in reduplication-related studies traditionally.
Abstract
This study introduces canonical reduplication as a common yardstick for reduplicative phenomena as they are discussed for individual languages or cross-linguistically. The (mainly methodological) advantages of the canonical approach over extant competitors (as e.g. prototypical reduplication) in research dedicated to reduplication in general are outlined by way of ticking off a selection of the plethora of putative as well as bona fide instances of reduplication which figure prominently in the relative literature. The unclear phenomenology of reduplication can be shown to be ordered according to the general principles of canonicity. The canonical type of reduplication allows us to reflect about the legitimacy of some of the basic distinctions which have been made in reduplication-related studies traditionally.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Preface VII
- Echo Formations and Expressives in South Asian languages 1
- Reduplication in the Munda languages 35
- Bla(h), Bla(h), Bla(h). Usage and Meaning of a Repetitive all-rounder 71
- Reduplicative constructions involving distortion 91
- Circumventing bisyllabic minimality 151
- Non-Canonical behavior of reduplicated ideophones in Komi 177
- (Non-)Canonical reduplication 201
- Index of Authors 279
- Index of Languages 283
- Index of Subjects 285
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Preface VII
- Echo Formations and Expressives in South Asian languages 1
- Reduplication in the Munda languages 35
- Bla(h), Bla(h), Bla(h). Usage and Meaning of a Repetitive all-rounder 71
- Reduplicative constructions involving distortion 91
- Circumventing bisyllabic minimality 151
- Non-Canonical behavior of reduplicated ideophones in Komi 177
- (Non-)Canonical reduplication 201
- Index of Authors 279
- Index of Languages 283
- Index of Subjects 285
