<HTML><BODY><DIV>Go to <STRONG><EM>Google Scholar</EM></STRONG> and type "Vietnamese reduplication"--you'll see a lot about reduplication in VNese and several related languages. We Westerners might be prone to focus upon the consonants, but (as you can read in some of those papers) VN's reduplication system also interacts a lot with its tonal system, which has developed (and is still developing) independently of neighboring Sino-Tibetan and Tai-Kadai tonal languages.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Jeff Stebbins<BR>Univ. Colorado, Linguistics<BR>719-660-6280<BR>- - - -<BR><BR>"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep <BR> to gain what he cannot lose." (Elliot)<BR><BR></DIV><BR>---- Original message ----<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear John,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>what exactly do you mean by "reduplication system"? <BR>I'm aware of many languages having reduplication in their paradigms (e.g. the <BR>perfect tense in Classical Greek --</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>which later went lost in Byzantine and Modern <BR>Greek). But can we consider Greek as a reduplication system <BR>language? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Prof. Paolo Ramat<BR>Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori <BR>(IUSS)<BR>Responsabile della classe di Scienze Umane<BR>V.le Lungo Ticino Sforza <BR>56, 27100 Pavia – Italia<BR>Tel. +39 0382 375811 Fax +39 0382 375899 </DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black" target="_blank"><B>From:</B> <BR><A title=jhobartkyle@gmail.com href="mailto:jhobartkyle@gmail.com" target=_blank>John <BR>Kyle</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial" target="_blank"><B>To:</B> <A title=Histling-l@mailman.rice.edu href="mailto:Histling-l@mailman.rice.edu" target=_blank>Histling-l@mailman.rice.edu</A> <BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial" target="_blank"><B>Subject:</B> [Histling-l] development of <BR>reduplication systems</DIV>
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<DIV>I was wondering if anyone had any examples of languages which have <BR>developed a reduplication system when the parent language didn't have a <BR>reduplication system. I've seen examples of languages which have lost <BR>reduplication (and of course languages which have retained a reduplication <BR>system) but I have not been able to find any examples of a reduplication <BR>system which developed on its own. If anyone could let me know of any <BR>references or examples, I would gladly post a follow-up with the <BR>information. Thank you.</DIV>
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<DIV>John Kyle</DIV>
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