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reduplicative
adjective
uk /ˌriːˈdjuː.plɪ.kə.tɪv/ us /ˌriːˈduː.plə.kə.t̬ɪv/
language specialized
involving a repeated sound or part of a word that forms a new word:
Reduplicative compounds such as "easy-peasy" and "helter-skelter" are treated as compounds.
The class of reduplicative terms in spoken language is fairly large.
formal
repeating the same action or making copies of something:
The song has a pattern which is reduplicative.
Reduplicative affixation usually copies at least one syllable.
Children produce many onomatopoeic expressions and reduplicative words such as "choo-choo" and "mama".
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Linguistics: morphology & parts of words
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affix
affixation
agglutinate
agglutinative
analytic
contraction
interfix
ion
ism
libfix
monomorphemic
monosyllabic
morpheme
suffix
syllabify
synthetic
that'd
that'll
that's
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Copying and copies
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