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Imitative reduplication #307

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nschneid opened this issue May 28, 2016 · 2 comments
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Imitative reduplication #307

nschneid opened this issue May 28, 2016 · 2 comments

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This happens in English and probably other languages as well: "The pig went oink oink oink." "The bunny went hop hop." mwe? goeswith? compound?
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Well, mwe is (in theory at least :)) only for function words and goeswith is for things that would normally be spelled together, so I think compound is a good option here.

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