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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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<div class="x_gmail_default" 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 class="x_gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thanks,<br>
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