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reduplication::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | anadiplosis |
| Type of | repetition |
reduplication::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | reiteration |
| Type of | repeating, repetition |
reduplication::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | word |
reduplication::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | syllable |
Examples of reduplication
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Reduplication is particularly common in the city of Shiraz in southwestern Iran.
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Reduplication is frequently used in Niuean morphology to derive different nouns.
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Internal reduplication can also involve copying the beginning or end of the base.
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Ancient Greek preserves this reduplication in the present tense of some verbs.
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Reduplication of verbal roots suggests a process lacking a focus or decisive goal.
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Reduplication is also used in Dravidian languages like Telugu for the same purpose.
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English uses some kinds of reduplication, mostly for informal expressive vocabulary.
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Khmer uses reduplication for several purposes, including emphasis and pluralization.
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Reduplication in Khmer, like many Mon-Khmer languages, can express complex thoughts.
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- Anadiplosis: repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
- The syllable added in a reduplicated word form
- A word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)
- The act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)
- (reduplicate) duplicate: make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
- Reduplication, in linguistics, is a morphological process by which the root or stem of a word, or part of it, is repeated.
- Is the doubling of a phrase, a word, or an element of a word for grammatical effect. English makes little use of reduplication, but traces can be found in clauses like he cried and cried, they ran and ran, where it conveys an exhaustive affect.
- The repetition of syllables within a name, such as the initial two syllables of Boboli Italian bread crust.
- The repetition of a whole syllable, as in 'choo choo', 'moo moo' and 'woof woof'. This has become a recognised feature of 'baby talk'. Also refers to babbling.
