Reevaluating the concept of partial reduplication in Banjarese through an optimality theoretic approach

This paper aims to re-examine the partial reduplication process in Banjarese. Previous scholars have mostly claimed that partial reduplication in this language is merely a process of copying the initial syllable of the base. However, we argue that this definition does not adequately describe how th...

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Published in:	Journal of Modern Languages
Main Authors:	M. F. I Fuze, S. R Syed Jaafar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Malaya 2025-07-01
Subjects:	Banjarese; Partial Reduplication; Reduplicative Morpheme; Constraint; Optimality Theory; Light Syllable; Unmarked Syllable Structure
Online Access:	https://mojc.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/55480