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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | A linguistic study of reduplication in Sesotho |
Author: | Ekanjume-Ilongo, Beatrice |
Year: | 2013 |
Periodical: | Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (ISSN 2026-7215) |
Volume: | 2 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 27-34 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Lesotho South Africa |
Subjects: | Sotho language linguistics |
Abstract: | Sesotho, a language spoken in Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland, makes use of partial and complete reduplication. Reduplication has various functions in Sesotho, including: emphasis, diminutive formation and echoic expression. It also marks plurality, completeness, originality, intensity and frequency. Like English (Ghomeshi et al., 2004, p. 308), Sesotho has so-called contrastive reduplication. Bibliogr., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |