Dittography

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The dittography (from the Greek. Διττός DITTOS "double doubles" and γράφειν Graphein "write") is a term used in linguistics and refers to the erroneous double case of an element.

Examples

You go into the garden.

Especially often occur on cases of dittography if already a doubling is already required, such as in zusa mmm s .

What is not meant are cases in which homonyms occur in a sequence, such as in the women who bake the (meaning: "which these / those") cakes. In this case, this is the first time that to the relative pronoun , while the second to the definite article in the plural is.

Individual evidence

  1. See example in the entry which, which, which, which in Duden online