reduplicate

/ri'dju:plikəit/
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reduplicate

The linguist explains how to reduplicate a syllable to change a word's meaning.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To make or do or perform again: To repeat an action, process, or creation, often to produce an identical or similar copy.
    • To form by reduplication: In linguistics, to repeat all or part of a word (e.g., a syllable or morpheme) to create a new grammatical form or to add emphasis.
Usage and Examples

  • Verb (To make/do again):

    • The scientist attempted to reduplicate the experiment's results to confirm their validity.
    • He could never reduplicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick.

  • Verb (Linguistic process):

    • In some languages, verbs reduplicate to indicate a repeated or ongoing action.
    • The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word.
    • The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel.
Advanced Usage
  • In Grammar and Language Studies: The term is specifically used to describe a morphological process where a root, stem, or part of a word is repeated.
    • The linguistic phenomenon where a word is reduplicated is common in many Asian and Austronesian languages.
Variants and Related Words
  • Reduplication (n): The action or result of reduplicating; a word formed by this process.
    • "Bye-bye" is an example of reduplication in English.
  • Reduplicative (adj): Characterized by or involving reduplication.
    • The language has a reduplicative form for expressing plurality.
Synonyms
  • Repeat: To say or do something again.
  • Replicate: To make an exact copy of; to reproduce.
  • Duplicate: To make an identical copy of something.
Different Meanings
  • The primary meanings are distinct but related: one is a general act of repetition or copying, while the other is a specific technical term in linguistics for a word-formation process.
reduplicate

The linguist explains how to reduplicate a syllable to change a word's meaning.

Verb
  1. make or do or perform again
    • He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick
  2. form by reduplication
    • The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel
    • The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word

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