The Role of Pleonasms and Tautology in the Text

Abstract

This study presents  the role of   'pleonasm and tautology' in the text. Pleonasm is a linguistic phenomenon which refers to the use of redundant and repetitive words or expressions. Tautology is a particular type  of pleonasm which requires the similar notion  or meaning in different words within one expression. This phenomenon exists in many languages and may cause misunderstanding and misconception of the message. In English, repeated affirmation can be used to add emphasis to   an affirmative  statement.  The problem of this study is pleonasm and tautology may cause misunderstanding ,confusion or boredom.  This study aims at identifying the role of pleonasm in the text and discovers the influence of their use. It hypothesizes that pleonasm may affect the structure and meaning of the sentence. They may be deliberately used  to emphasize a particular point. The model adopted for this study is  Farouq (2024 ).

  This study concludes that pleonasm and tautology  encourage  clarification and precision in written and spoken the message. They can present  complete   understanding of the message.