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What is a Linguistic Tautology?

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The word tautology was used by the ancient Greeks to describe a statement that was asserted to be true merely by virtue of saying the same thing twice, a pejorative meaning that is still used for rhetorical tautologies.

But, what does this mean?

Linguistics

Rhetorical Analysis

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Dr. David E. M
64 months ago

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A linguistic tautology is a an instance of saying the same thing twice in different ways, or when one word implies another word that is used

For example:
The freezing ice
I'm going to see him personally
A square shape

Aaron Carpenter
64 months ago

Many thanks. - Dr. David E. 64 months ago

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