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In:Building Categories in Interaction: Linguistic resources at work
Edited by Caterina Mauri, Ilaria Fiorentini and Eugenio Goria
[Studies in Language Companion Series 220] 2021
► pp. 355–372

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Chapter 13
Encoding ad hoc categories in Georgian

Three types of echo-word constructions

 | Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Published online: 6 December 2021
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Abstract
The chapter is a discussion of Georgian echo-word constructions (non-prototypical reduplication) as a linguistic encoding of ad hoc categories. Based on the empirical data (published texts, corpora, elicited examples), I present a classification of Georgian echo-word constructions into three types with their respective formal and semantic features. With respect to possible parameters of base/reduplicant combinations, such as (a) free/bound form, (b) kind and direction of copying, (c) meaning of resulting formation, the following three types were identified: Type 1: Turkish-like m-reduplication; Type 2: Initial C/cluster deletion; Type 3: Fossilized echo-pairs. Notwithstanding a type, they all, to a certain extent, participate in the encoding of ad hoc categories in Georgian.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Echo reduplication in Georgian: Features, types, and classification
    • 2.1Type 1
    • 2.2Type 2
    • 2.3Type 3
  • 3.Georgian echo-word formations as contributors to the encoding of ad hoc categories
  • 4.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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