Published: 2020-12-23

Lexical reduplication as a metalinguistic mechanism

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Abstract

The aim of the present article is to analyse the metalinguistic function of the nominal reduplication in Spanish. The lexical reduplication is a mechanism that consists in repeating a lexical unit within one phrase. The study shows that the nominal reduplication presents metalinguistic functions that reveal the interest of the speakers in a number of semantic issues related to the linguistic categorization and the concept of prototype. What is more, the metalinguistic aspect of the reduplicative constructions play a crucial role in a variety of situations as it entails some intersubjective meanings that are of a great importance for the interaction.

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Urbaniak, E. (2020). Lexical reduplication as a metalinguistic mechanism. Neophilologica, 32, 369–384. https://doi.org/10.31261/NEO.2020.32.20

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Vol. 32 (2020)
Published: 2020-12-23


ISSN: 0208-5550
eISSN: 2353-088X
Ikona DOI 10.31261/NEO

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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