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nominal modifiers can also be reduplicated in a similar - although not exactly the same -
manner in Standard Vietnamese, and thus the circumstances exist which can readily induce
syntactic interference.
The Vietnamese speakers in Udon Thani speak Thai most of the time, so they are
fluently acquainted with the style of Thai reduplication, and quite likely to show syntactic
interference. In terms of the model of Lehiste (1998: 15), we can say that patterns from
language A are carried over into language B or that patterns of language B are interpreted
in terms of patterns of language A. Specifically in this case, the patterns of reduplication in
Thai have been carried over into Vietnamese spoken in Undon Thani.
Abbreviations
SV: Standard Vietnamese
VnU: Vietnamese spoken in Udon Thani, Thailand
ST: Standard Thai
Eng: English
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