On this page you'll find 9 example sentences with Reduplication. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as repetition or syllable and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Reduplication in a sentence
Reduplication meaning
- The act of, or an instance of, reduplicating.
- The folding or doubling of a part or organ.
Synonyms of Reduplication
Using Reduplication
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of, or an instance of, reduplicating. | The folding or doubling of a part or organ.
- Useful related words include: repetition, anadiplosis, syllable, word.
- In the example corpus, reduplication often appears in combinations such as: reduplication reduplication, reduplication is, reduplication of.
Context around Reduplication
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Reduplication
- In this selection, "reduplication" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, irish, use and repetition stand out and add context to how "reduplication" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the reduplication repetition of and from irish reduplication reduplication is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "reduplication" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with reduplication
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Reduplication is often shown with a tilde. (7 words)
Reduplication is commonly used to emphasize plurality; however, reduplication has many other functions. (13 words)
This reduplication of shen 神 "spirit; god" and dao occurs in Northeast China speech. (14 words)
Two morphological characteristics of the Malayo-Polynesian languages are a system of affixation and the reduplication (repetition of all or part of a word, such as wiki-wiki ) to form new words. (32 words)
Repetitive compounds, one of the most productive derivational features of Khmer, use reduplication of an entire word to derive words whose meaning will depend on the class of the reduplicated word. (31 words)
Reduplication Reduplication is a common morphological phenomenon in Bantu languages and is usually used to indicate frequency or intensity of the action signalled by the (unreduplicated) verb stem. (28 words)
Example sentences (9)
From Irish Reduplication Reduplication is an alleged trait of Hiberno-English strongly associated with stage-Irish and Hollywood films.
Reduplication is commonly used to emphasize plurality; however, reduplication has many other functions.
Reduplication Reduplication is a common morphological phenomenon in Bantu languages and is usually used to indicate frequency or intensity of the action signalled by the (unreduplicated) verb stem.
In contrast, there are some words in some of the languages in which reduplication has the opposite meaning.
Plurality can be marked by postnominal particles, numerals, or reduplication of a following adjective, which, although similar to intensification, is usually not ambiguous due to context.
Reduplication is often shown with a tilde.
Repetitive compounds, one of the most productive derivational features of Khmer, use reduplication of an entire word to derive words whose meaning will depend on the class of the reduplicated word.
This reduplication of shen 神 "spirit; god" and dao occurs in Northeast China speech.
Two morphological characteristics of the Malayo-Polynesian languages are a system of affixation and the reduplication (repetition of all or part of a word, such as wiki-wiki ) to form new words.
Common combinations with reduplication
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- reduplication reduplication 4×
- reduplication is 4×
- reduplication of 3×
- reduplication has 2×