reduplication (redirected from reduplicatively)

re·du·pli·ca·tion  (r-dpl-kshn, -dy-)

n.

1. The act of reduplicating or the state of being reduplicated.

2. The product or result of reduplicating.

3. Linguistics

a. A word formed by or containing a reduplicated element.

b. The added element in a word form that is reduplicated.

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re·dupli·cative adj.

re·dupli·cative·ly adv.

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reduplication [rɪˌdjuːplɪˈkeɪʃən]

n

1. the process or an instance of redoubling

2. the state, condition, or quality of being redoubled

3. a thing that has been redoubled

4. (Linguistics) repetition of a sound or syllable in a word, as in the formation of the Latin perfect tetigi from tangere ``touch''

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	reduplication - repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next anadiplosis repetition - the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
	2.	reduplication - the syllable added in a reduplicated word form syllable - a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables"
	3.	reduplication - a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word) word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
	4.	reduplication - the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof) reiteration repeating, repetition - the act of doing or performing again

Translations

reduplication [rɪˌdjuːplɪˈkeɪʃən] N → reduplicación f

reduplication

n → Wiederholung f; (Ling) → Reduplikation f