Research on the type, formation and meanings of modern Lao reduplicative words

Abstract

In the article “Research on the type, formation and meanings of modern Lao reduplicative words”, our research results have shown that: Regarding to the type and in terms of formation, the modern Lao reduplicative words are classified into: The two-syllable reduplicative word, the four-syllable reduplicative word. The modern Lao two-syllable reduplicative word is classified into: The whole reduplicative word, the partial reduplicative word. The modern Lao two-syllable partial reduplicative word is classified into: The phonetic reduplicative word, the rhyme reduplicative word. The modern Lao four-syllable reduplicative word is classified into: The four-syllable reduplicative word without adverb, the four-syllable reduplicative word with adverb, the four-syllable reduplicative word with latent adverb. In terms of meanings, most of the modern Lao reduplicative words have functions of applementing the meanings to increase the intensity, degree or nature of the mentioned objects, concretize or generalize the meanings of the basic morpheme. This research has practical significance in language education to help Lao people learn Vietnamese well and vice versa in the current period.