[Lingtyp] Question on reduplication for translative sense

[Geoffrey Khan]

Dear Randy,

In Neo-Aramaic (Semitic) prepositions are repeated to express a 
translative sense, e.g.

/reš ṭura/

on mountain

‘on the mountain’

/šawr-əx reša reša danna miya/

jump.prs-1pl. on on this water

‘Let us jump over this water’

/qam čadra do-malka/

before tent of.the king

‘In front of the tent of the king’

/pyað-ele qama-qamət čadra do-malka/

passing-cop.3ms before before tent of.the king

‘He is passing in front of the tent of the king’

References:

Khan, Geoffrey. 2008. /The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar/. 3 vols. 
Leiden: Brill, vol. 1, pp. 817-819

Khan, Geoffrey. 2016. /The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Assyrian 
Christians of Urmi/. 4 vols. Leiden-Boston: Brill, vol. 2, pp. 284-285


Best wishes,

Geoffrey Khan

On 15-Jun-16 9:53 AM, Randy John LaPolla (Prof) wrote:
> Hi All,
> In the Rawang language (Tibeto-Burman, Northern Myanmar/Burma) I find 
> a 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 
> inthe following examples:
>
>             a. /Shı̀gùnggùng dı̄ráı̀./
>
> /shı̀gùng-gùng         dı̄-rá-ı̀/
>
>                   mountain-REDUP    go-DIR-I.PAST
>
>                   'He came by way of the mountains.'
>
>             b. /Zı̀dv̀n dv̀n /'by way of Zidan (thatch-growing plain)'
>
> In most other TB languages the translocative sense (along with other 
> locational senses) would be marked by postpositions, so this is unusual.
>
> Has anyone found anything like this particular use of partial 
> reduplication in other languages? If so, could you please send me 
> references?
>
>
> Thanks very much!
>
> Randy
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