Abstract

The research paper primarily focuses on the reduplication processes and morphological formation in Western Rengma. Western Rengma Terüpvunyu (name of the dialect and community) is one of the varieties of Rengma that falls under the Angami-Pochuri group of the Tibeto-Burman (TB) language family. This variety of Rengma is spoken in the eastern part of the Karbi Anglong district in Assam, India. Reduplication is a notable morphological feature in the grammar of Western Rengma. The current study examines the reduplicated patterns, structures, and their grammatical purposes of Western Rengma. The structure of reduplication, its variations, and its occurrences in Western Rengma would be discussed in this study. The existence of a left-base or right-base reduplication in a language is a key consideration when talking about the reduplication of any language. The current observation leads to an understanding that reduplication in Western Rengma is of the right base. Reduplication in Western Rengma is one of the crucial morphological processes that create new lexical and morphological items that can express a variety of meanings at the word and sentence levels.

Keywords

Reduplication, Terüpvunyu, Word Reduplication, Partial Reduplication,

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