All about ablaut: a typology of ablaut reduplicative structures
In this typological study, we identify 31 languages that have reduplication with a changed vowel, as in English tick-tock, referred to as ablaut reduplication. Cross-linguistically, this type of reduplication typically manifests as total reduplication with a changed vowel whose quality may or may no...
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| description | In this typological study, we identify 31 languages that have reduplication with a changed vowel, as in English tick-tock, referred to as ablaut reduplication. Cross-linguistically, this type of reduplication typically manifests as total reduplication with a changed vowel whose quality may or may not be fixed, and when it is not fixed the vowel differs maximally from the corresponding vowel in the base. The order of the copy relative to the base can be fixed or variable, and when it is variable the order enforces a language-specific vowel contour across the two components, such as a low vowel in the first constituent and a high vowel in the second, regardless of which constituent is the base. Furthermore, all cases of ablaut have strikingly similar semantics (playfulness, onomatopoeia, movement, etc.). We review previous treatments of the topic and outline the necessary components of a unified analysis that accommodates the typological patterns. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2640b51c0c614a18a8a905e7d451cf0f2025-08-20T03:17:55ZengDe GruyterLinguistic Typology1430-05321613-415X2024-10-0128350553610.1515/lingty-2023-0018All about ablaut: a typology of ablaut reduplicative structuresWivell Grace0Miatto Veronica1Karakaş Ayla2Kostyszyn Kalina3Repetti Lori4Department of Linguistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USADepartment of Linguistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USADepartment of Linguistics, 5755Yale University, New Haven, NY, USADepartment of Linguistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USADepartment of Linguistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USAIn this typological study, we identify 31 languages that have reduplication with a changed vowel, as in English tick-tock, referred to as ablaut reduplication. Cross-linguistically, this type of reduplication typically manifests as total reduplication with a changed vowel whose quality may or may not be fixed, and when it is not fixed the vowel differs maximally from the corresponding vowel in the base. The order of the copy relative to the base can be fixed or variable, and when it is variable the order enforces a language-specific vowel contour across the two components, such as a low vowel in the first constituent and a high vowel in the second, regardless of which constituent is the base. Furthermore, all cases of ablaut have strikingly similar semantics (playfulness, onomatopoeia, movement, etc.). We review previous treatments of the topic and outline the necessary components of a unified analysis that accommodates the typological patterns.https://doi.org/10.1515/lingty-2023-0018ablautreduplicationfixed segmentism |
| spellingShingle | Wivell Grace Miatto Veronica Karakaş Ayla Kostyszyn Kalina Repetti Lori All about ablaut: a typology of ablaut reduplicative structures Linguistic Typology ablaut reduplication fixed segmentism |
| title | All about ablaut: a typology of ablaut reduplicative structures |
| title_full | All about ablaut: a typology of ablaut reduplicative structures |
| title_fullStr | All about ablaut: a typology of ablaut reduplicative structures |
| title_full_unstemmed | All about ablaut: a typology of ablaut reduplicative structures |
| title_short | All about ablaut: a typology of ablaut reduplicative structures |
| title_sort | all about ablaut a typology of ablaut reduplicative structures |
| topic | ablaut reduplication fixed segmentism |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/lingty-2023-0018 |
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