Crinkum-crankum and Ablaut Reduplications With Examples

Crinkum-crankum and Ablaut Reduplications With Examples

Hello friend! I have something interesting to share with you. Have you ever come across certain witty expressions or hyphenated words like Crinkum-crankum, bric-a-brac, namby-pamby, nitty-gritty, higgledy-piggledy, etc. and you wondered what English terminology we use in describing them? Well, they are known as Freezes or Reduplications. This post, Crinkum-crankum and Ablaut Reduplications With Examples, … Read more

Freezes and Reduplication in English (Meaning and Examples)

Freezes and Reduplication in English (Meaning and Examples)

Welcome to Akademia, where you learn all you need to know when it comes to the English Language! Do you know Winnie the Pooh? It is one of the whimsical plays popular in the 1920s created by the British writer A. A. Milne and a delight of children. Pooh, the bear character, said something whimsical: … Read more