Universal 591:

Universal 591:

Original

The repetition of syntactic constituents is used in all languages to express continuity of action (e.g. he walked and walked) and/or emphasis (e. g. very, very bright).

Standardized

The repetition of syntactic constituents is used in all languages to express continuity of action (e.g. ‘he walked and walked’) and/or emphasis (e. g. ‘very, very bright’).

Keywords

repetition, emphasis, iterative

Domain

morphology, syntax, semantics

Type

unconditional

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

unspecified

Source

Moravcsik 1980: 27

Counterexamples