Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Abstract -- Contents -- List of Conventions -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- Part I: Review of the literature -- 2. Overview of the Greek literature: how TR is presented in Greek studies, grammars and dictionaries -- 3. TR from a theoretical and typological perspective -- Part II: Data and types of TR in MG -- 4. Word classes and the functions/meanings of TR: correlations, constraints and preferences -- 5. Phonological aspects - the role of intonation in TR in MG -- Part III: The status and distribution of TR in MG -- 6. The status of TR in MG -- 7. TR vs. other types of lexical and/or grammatical formations -- 8. Functional equivalences and the semantic/ pragmatic distribution of TR -- 9. Conclusions and issues for further research -- References -- Appendix A: The meanings/functions of Total Reduplication cross-linguistically: a list -- Appendix B: The Sentence Completion Task -- Appendix C: The phonological experiment: the texts and divergent intonation patterns -- Appendix D: A typology of reduplicative idioms and "syndetic" reduplication constructions in MG -- Appendix E: Glossary of TR expressions in this dissertation -- Index of Authors -- Index of Languages -- Index of Subjects