Formal properties and characteristics of Malay rhythmic reduplication

• Main Authors: Sharum, Mohd Yunus, Zainon Hamzah, Zaitul Azma, Abdul Wahab, Mohd Rohaizat, Ismail, Mat Rofa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48006/1/48006.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48006/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042810022093
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Reduplication is a process of Malay word formation. Generally it can be divided into full, partial and rhythmic reduplication. Another set is the undefined group which is called free-form reduplication. Lexically, the rhythmic reduplication is systematically formed as some of its processes had been...