[Lingtyp] Evaluative morphology expressing "authenticity/prototypicality"

[Larry M Hyman]

Dear Francesca -

Kinande has the same as Kikuyu. although my impression is that
reduplication generally has the opposite meaning in Bantu language, "a
lousy/defective example of X".
I'm pasting in example from the following article, which dealt more with
the form side of reduplication (including verb stem reduplication). If you
want to see more let me know.

Best, Larry

Mutaka, Ngessimo & Larry M. Hyman. 1990. Syllable and morpheme integrity in
Kinande reduplication.* Phonology *73-119.

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On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 10:08 AM Francesca Masini via Lingtyp <
lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> wrote:

> Dear Lingtyp community,
>
>
>
> I’m looking for examples of evaluative word-formation processes
> (affixation, compounding, reduplication, etc.) conveying
> “authenticity/prototypicality” (Grandi & Körtvélyessy 2015: 11). Some
> relevant examples would be:
>
>
>
> (1)
>
> Kwaza (van der Voort 2015: 608)
>
> kanwa-tete
>
> canoe-INT
>
> ‘real canoe’
>
>
>
> (2)
>
> Warlpiri (Bowler 2015: 439)
>
> warna-nyayirni
>
> snake-AUG
>
> ‘poisonous snake’ [“[i]n central Australia, the characteristic of being
> poisonous or dangerous is a highly salient feature of many indigenous
> snakes”]
>
>
>
> (3)
>
> Kikuyu (Komu 2008: 50; quoted in Mattiola & Barotto 2023: 150)
>
> irio > irioirio
>
> ‘food’ > ‘real food (not junk food)’
>
>
>
> I would be extremely grateful for your help!
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Francesca
>
>
>
> REFERENCES
>
> Bowler, Margit. 2015. Warlpiri. In Nicola Grandi & Livia Körtvelyessy
> (eds.), *The Edinburgh handbook of evaluative morphology*, 438–447.
> Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
>
> Grandi, Nicola & Lívia Körtvelyessy. 2015. Introduction: Why evaluative
> morphology? In Nicola Grandi & Lívia Körtvelyessy (Eds.), The Edinburgh
> handbook of evaluative morphology, 3-20. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University
> Press.
>
> Komu, Mary W. 2008. An analysis of Gikuyu reduplication in the light of
> prosodic morphological approach. Nairobi: Kenyatta University MA thesis.
>
> Mattiola, Simone & Alessandra Barotto. 2023. Nominal reduplication in
> cross-linguistic perspective. From PLURALITY to CHANGE OF REFERENTS’
> SPECIFICITY. *Studies in Language *47(1). 135–189.
>
> van der Voort, Hein. 2015. Kwaza. In Nicola Grandi& Livia Körtvelyessy
> (eds.), *The Edinburgh handbook of evaluative morphology*, 606–615.
> Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
>
>
>
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-- 
Larry M. Hyman, Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School
& Director, France-Berkeley Fund, University of California, Berkeley
https://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~hyman
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