Social Action and Prosody of Syntactic Reduplication in Estonian
Led by Prof. Leelo Keevalik.
When: Friday, May 9, 2008, 1:30 p.m.
Where: Phelps 2536, UCSB
Cost: Free
Age limit: Not available
Categories: Lectures
Description: Syntactic reduplication is a grammatical pattern that has been shown to mean increased intensity, duration or emphasis. This study demonstrates that reduplication in Estonian is regularly used in responsive positions in action sequences, constituting specific social practices. Rather than expressing increase or.
Phone: 805-893-3137
Event posted April 18, 2008
Last updated April 18, 2008
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