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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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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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D'accord! ! I'd forgotten about him.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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Reminds me of the early BBC drama Softly softly.
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Why doesn't reduplication mean multiple of four?
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Why doesn't reduplication mean multiple of four?
Because it doesn't.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Jeepers Wally, it all makes sense now. 
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Just a suggestion, mind. The re- might be the intensive re- and not the repetitive re-.
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OK Fal you saw this coming: Intensive re- example? Maybe as applied to 'gurgitate' or 'mittence'? 
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Intensive re- example?From a dictionary ( link): refine.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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