One of the examples of "geminatio" quoted by Arbusow is:
Vergil, Aen, 4, 660: Sic, sic juvat ire sub umbras.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. the existence of perfect repetitions in the Aeneid.
In proportion to the total of words in the two texts, for each occurrence of perfect repetition in the Aeneid, one finds 25 occurrences in the VMS.
If one also considers quasi-reduplication (consecutive words which only differ by one character), the result is that, for each occurrence in the Aeneid, there are 65 occurrences in the VMS.
Repetition is possible in all languages, I think. What is special in Voynichese repetition is the high frequency with which it occurs, as well as the fact that it involves the most frequent word (daiin) and a tendency of reduplicaiton and quasi-reduplication to appear together.
e.g. <f84v.8,+P0> qokedy.okedy.qokeedy.okeedy
Vergil, Aen, 4, 660: Sic, sic juvat ire sub umbras.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. the existence of perfect repetitions in the Aeneid.
In proportion to the total of words in the two texts, for each occurrence of perfect repetition in the Aeneid, one finds 25 occurrences in the VMS.
If one also considers quasi-reduplication (consecutive words which only differ by one character), the result is that, for each occurrence in the Aeneid, there are 65 occurrences in the VMS.
Repetition is possible in all languages, I think. What is special in Voynichese repetition is the high frequency with which it occurs, as well as the fact that it involves the most frequent word (daiin) and a tendency of reduplicaiton and quasi-reduplication to appear together.
e.g. <f84v.8,+P0> qokedy.okedy.qokeedy.okeedy