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<DIV>>From: Jan Terje Faarlund <J.T.FAARLUND@INL.UIO.NO></DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: Jan Terje Faarlund <J.T.FAARLUND@INL.UIO.NO>
<DIV></DIV>>To: LINGTYP@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: Iterative
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:32:48 +0200
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<DIV></DIV>>At 16:28 18.08.2003 +0200, Gideon Goldenberg wrote:
<DIV></DIV>>> > In Zoque there is a verbal suffix -ket, which is used to denote
<DIV></DIV>>>a
<DIV></DIV>>> > single repetion ('do it again'). I gloss this as REP
<DIV></DIV>>>(=repetitive).
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<DIV></DIV>>> >Jan Terje Faarlund
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<DIV></DIV>>>Well, in english there is a prefix re-
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<DIV></DIV>>Of course, but there is a difference: Zoque -ket seems to be
<DIV></DIV>>productive,
<DIV></DIV>>while English re- hardly is: *I rewent to the store.
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<DIV>I think that English 're-' is productive, though it may have some limitations. It has to be to allow constructions such as "re-email", though this use may be limited to American English (I'm not that familiar with other varieties).</DIV>
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