Keyword: «language units functions»

The article considers the issue of the place of reduplication in the system of repetition types, belonging to different levels of the modern Russian language: phonetic, word building, lexical, morphological, and syntactic. It is noted that reduplication refers primarily to the word-building level of the language, since with its help new language units are formed on the basis of repetitions. The author touches upon a question of repetition and reduplication importance in the language and their diverse functions in particular.