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Less is more: Evidence from diminutive reduplication in Caribbean Creole languages

Silvia Kouwenberg, Darlene LaCharité

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Diminutives derived by reduplication are quite common cross-linguistically, despite the fact that they seem to be at odds with the iconic principle in (1). (1) More of the same form stands for more of the same meaning (see Lakoff & Johnson,

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Diminutives derived by reduplication are quite common cross-linguistically, despite the fact that they seem to be at odds with the iconic principle in (1). (1) More of the same form stands for more of the same meaning (see Lakoff & Johnson,

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Diminutives derived by reduplication are quite common cross-linguistically, despite the fact that they seem to be at odds with the iconic principle in (1). (1) More of the same form stands for more of the same meaning (see Lakoff & Johnson,

Key concepts: Reduplication, Diminutive, Creole language, Linguistics, History, Philosophy

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