<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi All,<div class="">In the Rawang language (Tibeto-Burman, Northern Myanmar/Burma) I find a<span class="" style="text-align: justify;"> type of reduplication where the reduplication of the last syllable of a common noun, proper noun, or other word referring to a location can mark a translative (going through or by, or by way of) sense, as in</span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="text-align: justify;"> the following examples:</span> </div><p class="Norma" style="page-break-after: avoid;"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> a. <i class="">Shı̀gùnggùng dı̄ráı̀.</i><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Norma" style="page-break-after: avoid;"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> <i class="">shı̀gùng-gùng dı̄-rá-ı̀</i><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Norma" style="page-break-after: avoid;"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> mountain-</span><span lang="EN-US" class="">REDUP</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""> go-</span><span lang="EN-US" class="">DIR-I.PAST</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Norma"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> 'He came by way of the mountains.'</span></p><p class="Norma"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> b. <i class="">Zı̀dv̀n dv̀n </i>'by way of Zidan (thatch-growing plain)'</span></p><p class="Norma">I understand from Scott and Krishna Boro that there is something similar in Boro. Has anyone found anything like this particular use of partial reduplication in other TB languages? If so, could you please send me references? </p><p class="Norma">When I asked this question on the LingTyp list the answers I got, as well as my own analysis of Rawang, seemed to point to it being part of a larger phenomenon, the use of reduplication of different types as a sort of adverbialization technique. Is that also the case in languages you are familiar with?</p><div class="">Thanks very much!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Randy</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;">-----</span></span><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; text-align: -webkit-auto; border-spacing: 0px;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; text-align: -webkit-auto; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; text-align: -webkit-auto; border-spacing: 0px;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;"><b class="">Prof. Randy J. LaPolla, PhD FAHA</b> （羅</span><span class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Song">仁地</font></span><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;">）| Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Nanyang Technological University</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br class=""><span class="" style="background-color: white;">HSS-03-45, 14 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637332</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="background-color: white;"> | </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span class="" style="background-color: white;">Tel: (65) 6592-1825 GMT+8h | Fax: (65) 6795-6525 | <a href="http://randylapolla.net/" class="">http://randylapolla.net/</a></span></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></body></html>