Form and Meaning in Word Formation: A Study of Afrikaans Reduplication

by Rudolf P. Botha

Book Overview

This study of reduplication in Afrikaans provides a unified and principled analysis of an unusual and highly complex word formation process, shedding new light on the scope and content of various fundamental lexicalist principles of word formation. Surprisingly, Rudolf Botha concludes that the principles involved in Afrikaans reduplication are not unique to Afrikaans, as has often been thought, and are used by many other languages. Moreover, the interpretation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052102613X
• ISBN13: 9780521026130
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"