What term describes words formed by copying the sound of the first word in the second, as in 'mish-mash'?

What term describes words formed by copying the sound of the first word in the second, as in 'mish-mash'?

• A. Re-duplicatives
• B. Borrowings
• C. Neologisms
• D. Back-formation

Answer: (A)

Reduplications involve duplicating a sound or syllable to form a new word, often with a playful or emphatic effect. Mish-mash fits this pattern because it pairs similar-sounding parts to create a single, repeated-sound term. The term for words formed this way is reduplicatives, naming the class of words produced by this duplication process. This differs from borrowings (words borrowed from other languages), neologisms (any newly coined word), or back-formation (creating a new word by removing an affix).

Reduplications involve duplicating a sound or syllable to form a new word, often with a playful or emphatic effect. Mish-mash fits this pattern because it pairs similar-sounding parts to create a single, repeated-sound term. The term for words formed this way is reduplicatives, naming the class of words produced by this duplication process. This differs from borrowings (words borrowed from other languages), neologisms (any newly coined word), or back-formation (creating a new word by removing an affix).