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Stefanie Pillai

Patterns of repeats in Malaysian English

This paper describes the use of repeats in Malaysian English. Speakers frequently repeat words in spontaneous speech, and this paper investigates the way in which words are repeated, the type of words that are repeated, and the functions of repeats in the speech of sixty-seven callers to a radio station. The findings reveal that there are preferred patterns of use, such as the frequent repetition of function words and the more frequent repetition of one word once. The findings also provide an understanding into the way in which repeats are used both as a hesitation device and as a repair mechanism.

Multilingua Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 0167-8507
Volume: 25, 05/2006
Pages: 101 - 113

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