Form and Meaning in Word Formation: A Study of Afrikaans Reduplication

(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series)

by Rudolf P. Botha

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This study of reduplication in Afrikaans provides a unified and principled analysis of an unusual and highly complex word formation process, shedding new light on the scope and content of various fundamental lexicalist principles of word formation. Surprisingly, Rudolf Botha concludes that the principles involved in Afrikaans reduplication are not unique to Afrikaans, as has often been thought, and are used by many other languages. Moreover, the interpretation...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:052102613X

ISBN13:9780521026130

Release Date:April 2006

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.66 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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