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Distinguishing Cognate Homonyms in Indonesian
- Oceanic Linguistics
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 51, Number 2, December 2012
- pp. 402-449
- 10.1353/ol.2012.0021
- Article
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Cognate homonyms in standard Indonesian Malay can result from semantic shift, derivational conversion, or idiomatization. One problem in considering such homophonous expressions is how to differentiate between a compound word, a fixed expression, and a free phrase. Particular instances are compound and noncompound expressions having a monosyllabic component that is a clitic when not in a compound. Another source of cognate homonyms is the conversion of verb forms into nouns, or distinct word forms involving identical affixes. Finally, there are homonyms that result from grammaticalization or degrammaticalization.