Abstract
Reduplication is one of the morphological processes. As a result of reduplication, i.e. doubling the complete or part of the base, some meanings exist. This meaning might mean “carrying an action over again” especially when verbs are being reduplicated in some languages. In line with this, this paper aimed at examining the nature of reduplication that appears with the meaning “carrying an action over again”, i.e. repeated action, in Kurama. This study was descriptive. However, a model by Kiyomi (1993), viewing reduplication as a Morpho-Semantic process was adopted in the analysis. The Kurama data were collected through interview and observation from the native speakers of Kurama at á½™arkasuwa town of Lere Local Government of Kaduna State, as it is regarded as the Kurama’s first settlement. The findings show that there is the meaning, repeated action inthe process of reduplication in the language. This only existsunder full reduplication, with the nature of modification in the process, i.e., Kurama has a cluster syllable structure. In the process of yielding a meaning, repeated action under reduplication, the base long vowel is shortened as well as thedeletion of the initial consonant cluster of the reduplication. This process is productive in the language, in the sense that the nature of reduplication coming with the base long vowel shortening and the deletion of initial consonant cluster under verbs is mostly for the meaning repeated action.
DOI: www.doi.org/10.36349/sojolics.2025.v01i02.012
author/Abubakar, M. K., Ayagi, J. S., & Muhammad, A. S.
journal/Sokoto JOLICS 1(2) | November 2025 |
