In Karuk, an Indigenous language from the West Coast of what is now the United States, ihmar means “to run,” whereas ihmáraramnih means “to run into.” This phenomenon, in which an element of a root word is repeated, sometimes with modification, within another word that is related to the root word, is called reduplication. In this case, the element “ar” in ihmar gets repeated in ihmáraramnih. There are many examples of this type of reduplication in Karuk.
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It explains the phenomenon of reduplication, discusses why reduplication has been controversial among scholars, and then argues that an analysis of Karuk could help resolve that controversy.
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It describes the relationship between Karuk and several other languages, raises a question about the nature of that relationship, and then answers that question.
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It presents some specific words in Karuk, describes the general linguistic phenomenon exemplified by those words, and then states that this phenomenon occurs frequently in Karuk.
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It identifies the most frequently occurring words in Karuk, explains why it is difficult to translate those words into English, and then provides examples of languages other than English into which those words can be translated.