Head-amplification

Definition

The second of two units either assumes or repeats the content of the first, adding some extra detail.

The amplification communicates or assumes some of the information in the head and then adds further information. The additional information may clarify participants, time, location or manner.

English examples

• He set off in high spirits, whistling as he went.
• He practices medicine, he practices at the clinic in town

Kovol examples

• Home eng hong iluwo. Ab ogo iluwo hong home.
  "Yesterday it was time for me to come up, the time to come up to the place was yesterday."
  
• Ogoteleb om yamind. Ab ogo wogonongg ambi, hutambo yamind.
  "They left and went down. At the place he talked with them, and they went down as one"
  
• ilib minda minda obob ilib
  "I went up, I got (my) things and went up"
  

Kovol description

The same verb is repeated with the 2nd proposition adding detail.

Degree of confidence

Low

We really struggle to see any patterns worth describing. It's just head and then amplification.

Repeating the final verb is the same hypothesis as for Generic-specific, Equivalence and Additive.