Example sentences for: reduplicative

How can you use “reduplicative” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The class of onomatopoeic and reduplicative terms for spoken language is large : blather, buzz-buzz, chitchat, fiddle-faddle, jibber-jabber, yakety-yak, yuk-yuk . The earliest appearances of something resembling yadda yadda yadda in print derive from its use in sound-symbolic fashion, as in this exchange from a short story (about anthropomorphic ducks) appearing in a 1949 issue of the Saturday Evening Post :

  • a rhyming reduplicative); similar to from pillar to post.


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