'Dravidian' echo-phrase pali-giri

[Jim Wilce]

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>I think that Emeneau has also dealt with echo-word reduplication in his
>`India as Linguistic Area," Lg., 32, 1, 1956. article, which might give
>some insights about this item.  [pali-giri] doesn't seem like a pakka
>Dravidian form to me, since the [-ri] part isn't a true reduplication (or
>echo) of the [li] part.  Maybe this article, which deals with echo-word
>reduplication as part of the Indian lingusitic area (I think!) may have
>some insights about this.
>


Emeneau indeed dealt with echo-word reduplication in that article.
Tagore, writing in Bengali, did as well.
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