Universal #663

Legacy number: 663

 Number  660
 Original  There is no reduplication pattern that would involve reference to phonological properties other than syllable number, consonantality-vowelhood, and absolute linear position.
 Standardized  There is no reduplication pattern that would involve reference to phonological properties other than syllable number, consonantality-vowelhood, and absolute linear position.
 Keywords  reduplication
 Domain  phonology, 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 (1978: 315, fn. 9) that it is possible that stress is significant in some languages in determining which part of the stem be reduplicated. This is particularly likely in instances of internal reduplication, such as in Samoan (Polynesian).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Moravcsik mentions (Moravcsik 1978: 315, fn. 9) that it is possible that stress is significant in some languages in determining which part of the stem be reduplicated. This is particularly likely in instances of internal reduplication, such as in Samoan (Polynesian).