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An Investigation into Reduplication and Lexicalization in Persian
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Eslami, Moharram (Supervisor) ; Khosravizadeh, Parvaneh (Supervisor)
Abstract
This study aims at classifying outputs of Reduplication (Total and Partial Reduplication) in Persian, in order to demonstrate the types and processes which lead to the lexicalization of some reduplicated forms and assign them lexical position in lexicography as individual lexical entries. There are distinct phonological, morphological and semantic evidences behind the lexicalization of some types of reduplicated items in Persian. Approximately about 269 totally reduplicated words and 293 partially reduplicated words have been collected and analyzed according to the said morphological, phonological and semantic considerations. Partial and Total Reduplication process is one of the productive...