Title:
THE REPETITION OF ENGLISH PROVERBS

Authors:
Asst. Lect. Raniah Shakir Sahib

Abstract:
Repetition is one of the main linguistic tools that could be used in so many different ways to communicate ideas without stating that the repeated word is the importance. The repeated is significant to the addressee since they hear it and process twice or more. This paper has conveyed that proverbs in English can carry out different level of meanings. Repetition appears in so many forms. The researcher has showed the semantic and the phonological levels of repletion since they are the most noticeable ones in language. The researcher then took example of English proverbs and explain the various repetition forms and function. Therefore, the researcher has concluded that repetition is used in different forms that could semantic, formal or full.

Keywords:
repetition, proverb, semantic repetition, phonological repetition, synonyms

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2023.6618