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Reduplication

noun

Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next. Synonym: anadiplosis.

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). Synonym: reiteration.

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"Reduplication" Quotes from Famous Books

... instruments, such as mouth-organs. The humming approaches and withdraws, then it comes on various sides, and finally one has the feeling that the whole room is full of humming and winging insects. And this may go on indefinitely. There is a large collection of reasons for this reduplication of monotonous sounds. Everybody knows the accord of the olian harp which consists of identical notes, and the melodies which seem to lie in the pounding of the train on the rails. This can become especially clear ...

— Robin Hood • J. Walker McSpadden

Words linked to "Reduplication" : repeating, repetition, syllable, word