Abstract
Verb reduplication is a common linguistic phenomenon widely existing in different languages. Reduplicative verbs in the form of AABB is basic one in Chinese. Its rich expressional function reflects the diversity and flexibility of Chinese. It is of great significance to study the grammatical phenomenon of reduplicative verbs to grasp the essential rules of Chinese grammar accurately. The Chinese linguistics has done a lot of related analysis on the reduplication of verbs, and has achieved many significant results in the field of researching on reduplicative verbs. However, the discussion of verb reduplication in grammar is limited to the reduplication of single syllable, while in the reduplication of double syllables is mainly on the ABAB type of research, the verb form of AABB reduplication has not been a more comprehensive system of research. The verb reduplication of AABB form can be generally summarized as an increase either in action duration or the times of repetition, which is distinct from the reduplication of single syllable verb of AA and double syllables verb of ABAB formally, semantically and syntactically, while is similar to the typical reduplication of double syllables adjective of AABB semantically and syntactically.
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