Klallam Grammar

55 More Reduplication Patterns

It is important to understand that every different reduplication pattern has its own meaning. You have seen patterns of reduplication already in the collective plural (§33), the actual (§42.2), and the resultative (§43). This section covers the four remaining Klallam reduplication patterns: ‘diminutive’ ‘characteristic,’ ‘inceptive,’ and ‘affective.’ The diminutive is very common. The other three patterns are not used as often, but they are important in some words.
 

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