reduplication

nouns

repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next

the syllable added in a reduplicated word form

reduplication

is a type of (narrower)

a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme

"the word `pocket' has two syllables"

a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)

reduplication

is a type of (narrower)

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

"words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"

the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)