Appendix:Repetition
Translingual
editSuprasegmental
edit[repetition]
- Repetition of letters.
- Used for emphasis of many words.
- Deliciousssss!
- But I reeeeally want it!
- Sometimes, an interjection is normally written with a repetition of vowels, or the interjection may be even longer for emphasis.
- Eeew!
- Wooow!
- Used when calling someone.
- Daaaaaniel! Come here!
- (sarcasm) Indicates a sarcastic tone.
- Suuure, you keep telling yourself that!
- Used to denote stuttered speech.
- Indicates some plurals:
- Used for emphasis of many words.
- Repetition of syllables.
- Repetition of words or phrases.
- (radio communications) Used to differentiate the actual use of some words or phrases with specific meanings from mentions of their use or from similar-sounding words or phrases.
- Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!
- (radio communications) Used to differentiate the actual use of some words or phrases with specific meanings from mentions of their use or from similar-sounding words or phrases.
- Repetition of punctuation marks.
- Used for emphasis of an exclamation mark and/or question mark.
- How old did you say you were????
- Used for emphasis of an exclamation mark and/or question mark.
- Repetition of other symbols.
- A different number of asterisks (*) indicate different footnotes.
- Get a free* prize** of your choice***.
* After spending $100 in products.
** Only given to the first 300 buyers.
*** Subject to stock availability.
- Indicates the plural of the section symbol: § = one section; §§ = multiple sections.
- Indicates the plural of the pilcrow in legal citations: ¶ = paragraph; ¶¶ = paragraphs.
- A different number of asterisks (*) indicate different footnotes.
Hypernyms
edit- (repetition of letter): See Category:English pronunciation spellings, Category:English eye dialect
See also
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Suprasegmentals | Repetition |
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English
editSuprasegmental
edit[repetition]
Hindi
editSuprasegmental
edit[repetition]
- Repetition of words.
- Indicates something of little importance.
- पैसा-वैसा हमें कोई ज़रूरत नहीं।
- paisā-vaisā hamẽ koī zarūrat nahī̃.
- We don't need no money.
- अभी कुछ काम-शाम कर रहा हूँ।
- abhī kuch kām-śām kar rahā hū̃.
- I'm doing some work right now.
- Like, similar to.
- वह आदमी काफ़ी मोटा-शोटा था। ― vah ādmī kāfī moṭā-śoṭā thā. ― He was kinda fat.
- Indicates something of little importance.
Japanese
editSuprasegmental
edit[repetition]
Kristang
editGrammatical process
edit[repetition]
- Repetition of words.
- Forms the plurals of nouns.
- rampeh (“spice”) → rampeh-rampeh (“spices”)
- Forms the plurals of nouns.
Portuguese
editPronunciation
editConcerning the sense "used to emphasise adverbs and adjectives", the first word of the pair is pronounced with a higher intonation.
Grammatical process
edit[repetition]
- (colloquial) used to emphasise adjectives and simple adverbs; pretty; quite
- Esse avião voa rápido rápido.
- This aeroplane flies pretty fast.
Synonyms
editOrthographic process
edit[repetition]
- Repetition of letters.
- "rr" = /ʁ/, as opposed to "r" = /ɾ/ (except in the beginning of a word: "r" = /ʁ/).
- carro, ferro, correr
- car, iron, run
- "ss" = /s/, as opposed to "s" = /z/ (except in the beginning of a word: "s" = /s/).
- osso, assar, passeio
- bone, bake, walk (noun)
- "rr" = /ʁ/, as opposed to "r" = /ɾ/ (except in the beginning of a word: "r" = /ʁ/).
Categories:
- Translingual suprasegmentals
- Translingual terms with usage examples
- English suprasegmentals
- Hindi suprasegmentals
- Hindi terms with usage examples
- Japanese suprasegmentals
- Kristang grammatical process
- Portuguese grammatical process
- Portuguese colloquialisms
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
- Translingual orthographic process