Studies On Reduplication (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology)

The systematic repetition of phonological material within a word for semantic or grammatical purposes is known as reduplication, a widely used morphological device in a substantial number of the languages spanning the globe. This paper will provide an overview of the types of reduplicative constructions found in the languages of the world and the function they portray.

Morphology of Jakarta Dialect, Affixation and Reduplication

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Jakarta Dialect is one of dialects in Indonesia. Indonesia is a country consisting of thousands of islands. Therefore, there are a lot of tribes in Indonesia. Consequently, Indonesian has many kinds of dialects. Reduplication is one characteristic found in many dialects in Indonesia. In Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language) itself as a national language, there aravarous kinds of reduplication such as rumah rumah (houses), orang orang (people), siswa siswa (students).

Reduplication

Reduplication is the process of word formation by doubling the morpheme or word. This process can be total or partial reduplication. When all of a morpheme is doubled, it is called total reduplication. When only the part of a morpheme is doubled, it is called partial reduplication. In Indonesian language, for example, total reduplication is used to form the plurals of nouns:


Singular ..........................Plural

[buku] 'book'.....................[buku buku] 'houses'
[batu] 'stone'....................[batu batu] 'stones'
[guru] 'teacher'..................[guru guru] 'teachers'
[ibu] 'mother'...................[ibu ibu] 'mothers'
[rumah] 'house' ...................[rumah rumah] 'houses'