Dittography
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
- ↑ See example in the entry which, which, which, which in Duden online