R. H. Baayen

Reduplicative constructions in Mandarin: Socio-emotional profiling through distributional semantics

Mandarin Chinese has two productive reduplicative constructions that repeat either two-character base words or their constituents (e.g., `in good health', `discuss a bit'). Their varied meanings have been described as realizing plurality, valence coloring, sound symbolism and pragmatic functions. The aim of this study...