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Reduplication
From Teflpedia
Reduplication involves the repetition of sounds within a word, often with playful effect. This is reasonably common in English.
Some keep the same rime, e.g. super-duper whilst others keep the consonant sounds but change a vowel, e.g. zig-zag.
Examples[edit | edit source]
No vowel change[edit | edit source]
- argle-bargle
- argy-bargy
- bye-bye
- fuddy-duddy
- hanky-panky
- helter-skelter
- hoity-toity
- hurly-burly
- itsy-bitsy
- namby-pamby
- oogly-boogly
- super-super
- willy-nilly
Vowel change[edit | edit source]
- chit-chat
- criss-cross
- dilly-dally
- knick-knack
- pitter-patter
- riff-raff
- see-saw
- shilly-shally
- sing-song
- tick-tock
- wishy-washy
- zig-zag
