Universal #662

Legacy number: 662

 Number  659
 Original  There is no reduplication pattern which would not involve reference to lexical identity.
 Standardized  There is no reduplication pattern which would not involve reference to lexical identity.
 Keywords  reduplication
 Domain  morphology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages mentioned in Moravcsik 1978c
 Source  Moravcsik 1978c: 315

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Discussion
Notes
Moravcsik mentions that lexical identity is not always required, in some instatnces it is excluded. Her claim is that in no instance of reduplication is it immaterial if (all of part of) the same lexical item is involved in the repetition or (all or part of) a lexical item that has the same meaning but a different form. (Moravcsik 1978: 315, fn. 8)
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Moravcsik mentions that lexical identity is not always required, in some instatnces it is excluded. Her claim is that in no instance of reduplication is it immaterial if (all of part of) the same lexical item is involved in the repetition or (all or part of) a lexical item that has the same meaning but a different form. (Moravcsik 1978: 315, fn. 8)