Reduplication

Reduplication of verbs adds brevity, smoothness and ease of use to a sentence. Both one-syllable and two-syllable verbs can be doubled.

Measure words can be reduplicated to express the meaning: “every”, “one by one”, or “many”.

The doubling of nouns expresses the plural form of a noun and means “everybody”, “each”.

Reduplication can enhance the descriptive feeling of an adjective.