A little more haplology.

[R. Rankin]

These are very nice examples.  When combined with Dakotan avoidance of -pipi or -$ni$ni when they are NOT instances of reduplication -- if enough can be found -- this would make a nice academic paper for someone.  "Haplology vs. reduplication" in the same language!  One could try drawing all sorts of conclusions.  Very interesting.

Bob

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Subject: Re: A little more haplology.


> This can be useful from Boas & Deloria, pg 105:
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> "Also with double negation intensifying the negation:
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> ?oma'yanis^ni s^ni why don't you not walk about, i. e., why don't you stay
> at home? 9, note 2;
> kiNs^ wala'was^ni s^ni why don't you not read? i. e., why don't you stop
> reading;
> ?iyo'khis^ni s^ni why did he not forbid him?;
> waya'tes^ni s^ni why do you not not eat, i. e., do eat.;
> ehaN'ni ?es^a's^ ble's^ni s^ni I wish (now) I had not gone;
> waNca'k ?e's^ uNgle's^ni s^ni why not simply not go home, you and I;
> he'chuNs^ni s^ni he ought not to do that
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> Intensification of the negative by repetition of s^ni occurs particularly in
> adverbs.
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> ?echiN's^nis^niyaN, ?ekta's^nis^niyaN wrongly, adversely;
> ?ithuN's^nis^niyaN falsely (?i' mouth; thuN to have);
> ?is^ta' kiN nathaN'iNs^nis^niyaN with eyes not showing 239.1;
> niya's^nis^ni all out of breath (adv.) 272.17
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> Page 106
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> Verbs which include s^ni in the theme form a negation by the usual process
> of suffixing s^ni.
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> ?iye's^ni to be dumb;
> ma'nis^ni to be lame;
> s^i'ces^ni not to be spoiled;
> h^peca's^ni to be lively (h^pa lying down);
> s^pu'kes^ni to be a nuisance
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> Double negative also expresses repetition.
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> wica'las^nis^nike c?e'yas^ ?e'yayapi although he frequently demurred they
> took him along;
> ?echiN's^nis^niyaN ?e'tuNwe? he looked away repeatedly (echiN' to want,
> echiN'kes^ni to be disinclined)
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> Also with indefinite pronouns. taku's^nis^ni trifles; tuwe's^nis^ni anyone
> whoever it may be.
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> page 36 (reduplication)
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> *h^peca's^ni to be full of life, action (s^ni not), *h^peh^pe'cas^ni.47
> 47 The reduplicated form h^peca's^nis^ni is used more frequently
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