Poetics of repetition in ordinary talk: A case among Persian heritage language teachers and their students (original) (raw)

have shown the use of repetition for its affective and aesthetic quality across different cultures. This paper, furthermore, adds to the growing body of literature which treats ordinary conversation in its original language as a form of linguaculture (Friedrich, 1989; Agar, 1994), which recognizes that culture is the foundation on which language is built. 2. Theoretical background 2.1. What constitutes repetition in language? Any type of pattern found in language-use constitutes a repetition (Johnstone, 1994). Repetition is found in words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and syntactic structures in all genres of discourse. Lexical repetition may range from the exact repetition of a