Reduplication? Really for real?

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#206595 - 08/06/12 11:46 AM Reduplication? Really for real?
ciscodrum stranger Registered: 08/06/12 Posts: 1 Loc: Iowa	Has to be an example of linguists having fun. Another term for the phenomenon, according to Wikipedia, is "tautonym." Works for me.
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#206597 - 08/06/12 05:51 PM Re: Reduplication? Really for real? [Re: ciscodrum]
mtVessel stranger Registered: 08/06/12 Posts: 1	My favorite reduplicative name is the character Nicely-Nicely Johnson, everyone's pal and all-around good guy from the musical, "Guys and Dolls."
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#206598 - 08/06/12 05:53 PM Re: Reduplication? Really for real? [Re: mtVessel]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5280 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	D'accord! ! I'd forgotten about him. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#206601 - 08/07/12 08:59 PM Re: Reduplication? Really for real? [Re: LukeJavan8]
olly old hand Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 932 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand	Reminds me of the early BBC drama Softly softly.
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#206658 - 08/13/12 10:02 AM Re: Reduplication? Really for real? [Re: ciscodrum]
Aramis addict Registered: 05/17/05 Posts: 456 Loc: SE US	Why doesn't reduplication mean multiple of four? _________________________ ÅΓª╥┐↕§
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#206660 - 08/13/12 10:08 AM Re: Reduplication? Really for real? [Re: Aramis]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh	Why doesn't reduplication mean multiple of four? Because it doesn't. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#206662 - 08/13/12 11:27 AM "The Stimulus Is Working" too [Re: zmjezhd]
Aramis addict Registered: 05/17/05 Posts: 456 Loc: SE US	Jeepers Wally, it all makes sense now. _________________________ ÅΓª╥┐↕§
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#206667 - 08/13/12 01:20 PM Re: "The Stimulus Is Working" too [Re: Aramis]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653	Just a suggestion, mind. The re- might be the intensive re- and not the repetitive re-.
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#206932 - 08/31/12 10:08 AM Re: "The Stimulus Is Working" too [Re: Faldage]
Aramis addict Registered: 05/17/05 Posts: 456 Loc: SE US	OK Fal you saw this coming: Intensive re- example? Maybe as applied to 'gurgitate' or 'mittence'? _________________________ ÅΓª╥┐↕§
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#206935 - 08/31/12 01:29 PM Re: "The Stimulus Is Working" too [Re: Aramis]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh	Intensive re- example? From a dictionary (link): refine. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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