LEXICAL CLONING

 

Lexical cloning or "repetición léxica", in either language, is the repetition of an adjective usually for emphasis or stress, such as "handsome handsome" or "guapa guapa." 

-- "Ciertamente, guapa guapa no see la puede llamar." (José Luis Sampedro, La sonrisa etrusca, 1984. Esp.)

-- "Y es difícil difícil hablarle claro." (Revista Hoy, 25-31/08/1997. Chile.)

-- "... plato típico de Andújar, sencillo y rico rico." (Carlos Arguiñano, 1065 recetas, 1996. Esp.)

-- "He was handsome, handsome, handsome - tanned face, slick-streaked hair, vivid blue eyes..." (Katie Macalister, Hard Day´s Knight, 2005. US.)

-- "Because if you want to be rich, you have to claim what you want now. You are rich, rich, rich, rich." (Thomas L. Pauley, I am Rich Beyond my Wildest Dreams, 2003. US.)

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