Unit 2.5 Reduplicatives

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Presentation

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Quiz

Discussion

1. Do you have reduplicative words in your L1? If yes, give some examples. If no, why not?
2. Why do you think reduplicative words – e.g. ‘wakey-wakey’ (wake up) – developed in English? What purpose do they serve? Who is likely to use them – and when?

Practice

1. Complete the activities on slides 7 and 8.
2. Make a sentence containing each reduplicative word.
3. Research the topic of reduplicatives and find more of these words online. Put together a list in alphabetical order and learn it.
4. Try to build a sentence with more than one reduplicative word and say it aloud, e.g., ‘The English test was easy-peasy for the hoity-toity goody-goody!’

Further Study

• Reduplicatives