are common in speech The degree to which there is a need to avoid
pleonasm s such as redundant acronyms depends on one's balance point of
Kaynak: RAS syndromeMuch Old Testament poetry is based on parallelism : the same thing said twice, but in slightly different ways (Fowler puts it as
pleonasm ).
Kaynak: Tautology (rhetoric)A more general classification of redundancy is
pleonasm , which can be any unnecessary words (or even word parts). Subsuming both
Kaynak: Redundancy (linguistics)The current company name contains the semantic
pleonasm "AvtoVAZ", which stands for "Avto mobilniy V olzhsky A vtomobilny Z avod
Kaynak: AvtoVAZSuch phrases can often be
pleonasm s. List of common legal doublets : aid and abet. all and sundry. alter or change. appropriate and proper
Kaynak: Legal doubletpleonasm : Use of superfluous or redundant words. polyptoton : Repetition of words derived from the same root. polysyndeton : Repetition of
Kaynak: Figure of speech perceived as a form of implicit semantic compression, by omitting unmeaningful words or redundant meaningful words (especially to avoid
pleonasm s
Kaynak: Semantic compression"Val d'Aran" itself can be considered a
pleonasm , as it would mean Valley of the Valley if one took into account its etymology (val in
Kaynak: Val d'AranAbsolute adjectives: See also tautology (rhetoric) and
pleonasm . In general, terms like perfect and parallel cannot ever apply exactly to
Kaynak: Comparison (grammar)Clitic doubling is used as colloquial
pleonasm , although it is considered incorrect by some. Example: a me mi pare di sì ("I personally,
Kaynak: Clitic doubling