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====Plural==== | ====Plural==== | ||
=====Reduplication===== | =====Reduplication===== | ||
The most basic formation of the plural is formed by L→R reduplication of the root morpheme. E.g. ''*lis-'' → ''*lislis'' ‘tongues’, ''*maʔ''- → *''maʔmaʔ'' ‘waters’. Lipiński<ref>Semitic Languages: Outline of a Comparative Grammar — Lipiński, Edward, p.244, §31.21 “Plural by Reduplication”</ref> provides some examples of this formation in Afroasiatic languages: Hebrew ''mēmē'' ‘waters’, Hausa ''dambe'' ‘struggle’ → pl. ''dambedambe'', Bedja ''san'' ‘brother’ → pl. ''sanasanā'' . | The most basic formation of the plural is formed by L→R reduplication of the root morpheme. E.g. ''*lis-'' → ''*lislis'' ‘tongues’, ''*maʔ''- → *''maʔmaʔ'' ‘waters’. Lipiński<ref>Semitic Languages: Outline of a Comparative Grammar — Lipiński, Edward, p.244, §31.21 “Plural by Reduplication”</ref> provides some examples of this formation in Afroasiatic languages: Hebrew ''mēmē'' ‘waters’, Hausa (Chad.) ''dambe'' ‘struggle’ → pl. ''dambedambe'', Bedja (Cush.) ''san'' ‘brother’ → pl. ''sanasanā'' . | ||
=====A-apophony===== | =====A-apophony===== | ||