Copying, deleting, re-ordering, etc.
Reduplication
REDUPLICATION involves the repetition of all or part of the base form. Reduplication is extremely wide spread, and occurs in many different forms. A few representative examples are given in (12). Some of the critical issues which must be clarified in the analysis of reduplication include the following.
a How much material is copied: the whole word, just one syllable, just a CV sequence?
b If less than the whole word is copied, which specific portions are copied: which syllable, or which CV sequence?
c Where does the copy attach? Reduplication most often occurs as a prefix or suffix (i.e. at an edge of the stem to which it applies); but reduplicative infixes are also found.
d Is the reduplicated element an exact copy, or are there changes in vowel quality, initial consonant, etc.?
