Universal 267: reduplication ⇒ it expresses ‘change of quantity or degree’
Original
If in a language reduplication (full or partial) exists as a productive grammatical means of word- and formbuilding, then, included in the meanings expressed by means of reduplication, we find the meaning “change of quantity or degree”.
Standardized
IF any other meanings are expresssed by productive reduplication, THEN the meaning ‘change of degree or quantity’ is also expressed thus.
not genuinely if-then; rather:Provided there is reduplication…But possibly:IF productive reduplication expresses meaning “x”, THEN it also expresses “change of degree or quantity”
not genuinely if-then; rather:Provided there is reduplication…But possibly:IF productive reduplication expresses meaning “x”, THEN it also expresses “change of degree or quantity”