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In rhetoric, epizeuxis, also known as palilogia, is the repetition of a word or phrase in immediate succession, typically within the same sentence, for vehemence or emphasis. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A closely related rhetorical device is diacope , which involves word repetition that is broken up by a single intervening word, or a small number of ...
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Epizeuxis: repetition of a single word, with no other intervening words. Hendiadys: use of two nouns to express an idea when it normally would consist of an adjective and a noun. Hendiatris: use of three nouns to express one idea. Homeoteleuton: words with the same ending. Hypallage: a transferred epithet from a conventional choice of wording. [9]
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All letters and digraphs represent unique phonemes.The main exception is if l, n(, t) are preceded by i ; most dialects palatalize the sound into /ʎ/, /ɲ/ and /c/ even if that is not written.
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