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nonesuch 31

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nonesuch 31: reduplication of verb to form finite verb of restrictive relative clauses with non-actor head nouns

Where found
Wetan (Eastern Indonesian, Austronesian)
Domain
morphology: inflection
Subdomain
types of exponents and their uses
Keywords
reduplication, finite verb, restrictive relative clasue
Type
nonesuch
Universals violated
none
Source
Carpenter, Kathie (1996). Subordination by reduplication in Wetan. Studies in Language 20: 37-51.

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Note: a finite verb, not an attributive deverbal adjective or noun, for which purpose reduplication is used more commonly, not to mention its even more popular uses

    1. May 2020

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