development of reduplication systems

[Paolo Ramat]

Dear John,
what exactly do you mean by "reduplication system"? I'm aware of many languages having reduplication in their paradigms (e.g. the perfect tense in Classical Greek --
which later went lost in Byzantine and Modern Greek). But can we consider Greek as a reduplication system language? 


Prof. Paolo Ramat
Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori (IUSS)
Responsabile della classe di Scienze Umane
V.le Lungo Ticino Sforza 56, 27100 Pavia – Italia
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Kyle 
  To: Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 7:17 PM
  Subject: [Histling-l] development of reduplication systems


  I was wondering if anyone had any examples of languages which have developed a reduplication system when the parent language didn't have a reduplication system.  I've seen examples of languages which have lost reduplication (and of course languages which have retained a reduplication system) but I have not been able to find any examples of a reduplication system which developed on its own.  If anyone could let me know of any references or examples, I would gladly post a follow-up with the information.  Thank you.

  John Kyle
  jhobartkyle at gmail.com



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