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- Title
Reduplication in Gojri: A Semantic Analysis.
- Authors
Zaman, Badar
- Abstract
This article aims at exploring the semantic functions of reduplication in Gojri. Qualitative descriptive approach is used for this study as the collected data is analyzed qualitatively. Reduplication is the largest semantic class of Gojri compounds. In this semantic class, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs and prepositions are reduplicated. This involves full and partial reduplication. The semantic functions of reduplication are to increase or decrease the intensity or the frequency of the meanings. Other semantic functions are augmentation, diminution, distribution, plurality, generalization and emphasis.
- Subjects
GUJURI language; REDUPLICATION (Linguistics); SEMANTICS; COMPARATIVE linguistics; LEXICOLOGY
- Publication
Language in India, 2018, Vol 18, Issue 1, p637
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article