词汇 | reduplicative |
释义 | 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". Linguistics: morphology & parts of words -athon affix affixation agglutinate agglutinative analytic contraction interfix ion ism libfix monomorphemic monosyllabic morpheme suffix syllabify synthetic that'd that'll that's You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Copying and copies Repeating an action Related wordsreduplicate reduplication |
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