Study of Reduplication in Finno-Ugrian Languages of Permic Group
Svetlana Sergeevna Shlyakhova · 2013
The article is a kind of review of studies of reduplication in Finno-Ugrian languages of Permic group (Udmurt, Komi, Komi-Permyak languages) made by Russian scientists. Iconicity (prime motivation) of reduplication is emphasized and character of full and non-full reduplications in Permic languages is considered. Special bilingual morphemic and lexical reduplication in Komi-Permyak language is described. Studies of semantics of reduplication in Permic languages are summurized, semantics of reduplication in Komi-Permyak language is shown in detail. It is concluded that reduplication in Permic languages is connected with chaotic, mixing; decrease, discredit (negative assessment); multiplicity, repeatability; diminution; extent of intensity, instantaneousness, suddenness.