SA Informal-Morphological Features Flashcards

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Diminutive Endings

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-a colloquial/informal suffixation.
(hypocoristic suffixation)
-indicate friendly, laid back attitude
eg. barbie, rego, sickie, ambo

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Reduplication

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involves rhyming patterns
eg. school-schmool, okey-dokey, rom-com.

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