Reduplication
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹɪ.djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Reduplication is a noun meaning (linguistics) The act of, or an instance of, reduplicating.
Meaning
(linguistics) The act of, or an instance of, reduplicating.
More Meanings
- (anatomy) The folding or doubling of a part or organ.
Example Sentences
Her Malay was the Malay of the Staate of Lanchap [...] and she spoke it fierily, with crisp glottal checks, with much bubbling reduplication.
Grammatically, Malay uses reduplication for plurals (burung = bird, burung-burung = birds) and thus repeated words are commonly heard in Malay speech[.]
Word Forms
- reduplications
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prefixal, reduplicature, reduplicant, retriplication, redoublement, reduplicator.
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