Comments on: Ablaut Reduplication Isn’t Jibber Jabber https://jonathanbecher.com/2024/02/04/ablaut-reduplication-isnt-jibber-jabber/ Aligning Execution With Strategy Sat, 07 Jun 2025 13:56:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: Daren Craddock https://jonathanbecher.com/2024/02/04/ablaut-reduplication-isnt-jibber-jabber/#comment-20447 Sat, 07 Jun 2025 13:56:16 +0000 https://jonathanbecher.com/?p=9395#comment-20447 New Testament Greek (Koine Greek) also uses ablaut frequently eg in change of verb tense or noun case.

]]> By: John https://jonathanbecher.com/2024/02/04/ablaut-reduplication-isnt-jibber-jabber/#comment-19915 Sun, 16 Feb 2025 02:42:30 +0000 https://jonathanbecher.com/?p=9395#comment-19915 In reply to Brian Etheridge.

You use “bit bet bat bought but” as an example but then immediately contradict it by saying “From front to back. E, I, A, U, and then O”
By your logic would it not be “bet bit bat but bought”?
Also that’s not “front to back”, that back to front. The back being your throat and the front being your teeth.

]]> By: Jonathan Becher https://jonathanbecher.com/2024/02/04/ablaut-reduplication-isnt-jibber-jabber/#comment-18616 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:44:14 +0000 https://jonathanbecher.com/?p=9395#comment-18616 In reply to Brian Etheridge.

Especially the British use of the word…

]]> By: Brian Etheridge https://jonathanbecher.com/2024/02/04/ablaut-reduplication-isnt-jibber-jabber/#comment-18614 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:40:19 +0000 https://jonathanbecher.com/?p=9395#comment-18614 Reminds me why “crisp” is one of my favorite words. Starts at the back, finishes at the front.

]]> By: katadoromb https://jonathanbecher.com/2024/02/04/ablaut-reduplication-isnt-jibber-jabber/#comment-18558 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:08:35 +0000 https://jonathanbecher.com/?p=9395#comment-18558 Though Hungarian is not an Indo-European language, this phenomenon is present there as well:
Pikk-pakk, tiptop, kipp-kopp.
I think vowel harmony is a similar but wider concept to support clearer pronunciation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel_harmony

]]> By: Jonathan Becher https://jonathanbecher.com/2024/02/04/ablaut-reduplication-isnt-jibber-jabber/#comment-18554 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:36:25 +0000 https://jonathanbecher.com/?p=9395#comment-18554 In reply to Frank.

That’s an example of rhyming reduplication

]]> By: Frank https://jonathanbecher.com/2024/02/04/ablaut-reduplication-isnt-jibber-jabber/#comment-18552 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 21:50:23 +0000 https://jonathanbecher.com/?p=9395#comment-18552 What about a phrase like heebie jeebies?

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