<div id="_htmlarea_default_style_" style="font:10pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>Dear Randy,<br><br>In Sicilian, the (total) reduplication of place
nouns can be used to express a variety of 'locative' meanings, including 'in', 'at', 'from...to', etc.<br><br>You can find all the examples you need
in this article:<br><br>https://www.academia.edu/11482230/INTERNAL_LOCALISATION_NNADV_REDUPLICATION_IN_SICILIAN<br><br>It's in English and it's freely
downloadable.<br><br>All the best,<br><br>Giorgio F. A.<br><br>
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4863<br>E-mail: giorgio.arcodia@unimib.it<br>On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 08:53:50 +0000<br> "Randy John LaPolla (Prof)" <RandyLaPolla@ntu.edu.sg>
wrote:<br>> Hi All,<br>> In the Rawang language (Tibeto-Burman, Northern <br>>Myanmar/Burma) I find a type of reduplication where the
<br>>reduplication of the last syllable of a common noun, <br>>proper noun, or other word referring to a location can <br>>mark a translative
(going through or by, or by way of) <br>>sense, as in the following examples:<br>> <br>> a.
Shı̀gùnggùng dı̄ráı̀.<br>> <br>> shı̀gùng-gùng
dı̄-rá-ı̀<br>> <br>> mountain-REDUP go-DIR-I.PAST<br>>
<br>> 'He came by way of the
mountains.'<br>> <br>> b. Zı̀dv̀n
dv̀n 'by way of <br>>Zidan (thatch-growing plain)'<br>>
<br>> In most other TB languages the translocative sense <br>>(along with other locational senses) would be marked by <br>>postpositions, so
this is unusual.<br>> <br>> Has anyone found anything like this particular use of <br>>partial reduplication in other languages? If so, could
<br>>you please send me references?<br>> <br>> Thanks very much!<br>> <br>> Randy<br>> -----<br>> Prof. Randy J. LaPolla, PhD
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