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Reduplication - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Reduplication : (noun)
1: repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the
beginning of the next [syn: anadiplosis]
2: the syllable added in a reduplicated word form
3: a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech
sound (usually at the beginning of the word)
4: the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)
[syn: reiteration]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Reduplication : \Re*du`pli*ca"tion\ (-k?sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
r['e]duplication, L. reduplicatio repetition.]
1. The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.
2. (Pros.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the
same as the last word of the preceding verse.
3. (Philol.) The doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less
modified), with the effect of changing the time expressed,
intensifying the meaning, or making the word more
imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. tetuli;
poposci.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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