ظاهرة الإتباع اللغوي في العربية

Abstract EN

This study sheds light on reduplication in Arabic, a linguistic phenomenon where two words or more, which are identical in terms of the number of syllables, rhyme and rhythm, collocate in some linguistic patterns such as atshaan natshaan and hasanun basanun qasanun.

Such reduplications aren’t restricted to Standard Arabic.

Rather, they are commonly used in various varieties of colloquial Arabic and for the same end they have in Standard Arabic, emphasizing meaning.

A close look at the relevant orthodox and contemporary literature shows that this phenomenon has been controversial in nature over fifteen centuries, particularly when it comes to the nature of words which fall under this phenomenon and the meaning of such collocates (whether related or not).

In order to delineate the reduplication phenomenon transparently, this study employs concurrently a descriptive explanatory, critical and analytical approaches so as to provide a solid account of it, away from all kinds of misunderstandings that have characterized much of the previous literature.