<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)">Hi,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)">In Indian languages redupilcation of nouns indicates variety of meanings: 1) distributive 2) exclusive 3) accentuation and 4) attenuation. You may refer to old publication <i style="">Reduplication in South Asian Languages. An Areal, Typological and Historical Study. </i> by Anvita Abbi 1992. Nrw Delhi. Allied Publishers. Examples are drawn from various Indian languages. There are other related publications by me available at <a href="http://academia.edu">academia.edu</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)">Anvita </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font color="#073763" face="georgia, serif" style="font-size:small">Prof. </font><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Anvita Abbi (Ph.D. Cornell University)</span></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#073763" face="georgia, serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anvita_Abbi" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anvita_Abbi</a><br></font></div><div>Adjunct Professor, Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University, B.C. Vancouver, Canada & B.B. Borkar Chair, Goa University, Goa </div><div><i><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Formerly: Guest Scientist, Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.</span></i><br></div><div><i><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Leverhulme Professor, SOAS, University of London, UK</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Professor and Chair of the Centre for Linguistics</span></i><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><i>Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India</i></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><i>www.<a href="http://andamanese.net" target="_blank">andamanese.</a>org</i></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM Zahid Akter via Lingtyp <<a href="mailto:lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org">lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg8478032244435793378">
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Hi Joseph,</div>
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In Bangla (Bengali), noun reduplication can serve to diminish the intensity or impact of a concept, rather than exaggerate or amplify it. For example, amar
<b>jor </b>hoyeche ‘I have a <b>fever</b>’ conveys a straightforward statement, while amar
<b>jor jor </b>hoyeche implies a milder condition—something like ‘I feel a bit <b>
feverish</b>’. Similarly, amta <b>tok </b>‘the mango is<b> sour</b>’ becomes amta
<b>tok tok</b> to mean ‘the mango is <b>mildly sour</b>’.</div>
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Thus, contrary to the use of reduplication for exaggeration as you've shown, this kind of nominal reduplication in Bangla downplays the noun’s effect, which may seem counterintuitive from an iconic perspective.</div>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Lingtyp] function of fully reduplicated nouns</font>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I'm wondering if anyone knows of any (cross-ling or for specific languages) work on this type of construction where a noun/phrase can be fully reduplicated for a superlative function or other
meanings such as an especially remarkable or exaggerated instance of something. For ex in Chini (Lower Sepik-Ramu, PNG) anggunu 'mosquito' vs anggunu anggunu '(place known for) especially bad mosquitoes'. Or as in English 'man's man', 'deal of deals'.</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thanks,<br>
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