Abstract
In this paper, two types of idiomatic constructions are described, namely consecutive repetition and coordinate repetition. Considering corpus examples, these constructions and their subtypes are identified and characterized; they are also related to and differentiated from similar structures such as emphatic repetition, mimetic repetition or tautology. Consecutive and coordinate repetitions implement meanings related with intensification or increase (in degree, number or duration) and, in some cases, can be associated to prototype effects (i.e., prototype identification or referential dissociation).Keywords: Repetition, idiomaticity, construction, intensification, prototype effects, tautology.
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