Reduplication is redundant and can carry other meanings such as something that is duplicated and then duplicated again (re-duplicated).
The term duplication is an accepted alternative to the more ambiguous and redundant term "reduplication" and should probably be favored.
When things are done badly, they can be changed, whether they are traditional or not. When I was a child, in my area, flute-players were called "flautists". Eventually musicians started saying, "I don't play the flaut, I play the flute. I am a flutist," and now the accepted term in this part of the world is "flutists". It's a better term.
I like the way Marco has used "quasi-" to distinguish between exact and not-quite-exact duplication, especially since the examples he posted clearly show that the intent is to express the same word. In this instance, I think quasi-duplication is better than just calling it duplication (it's better than the way suggested in the Wiki where it says "reduplication" can also be used for words that are similar). Quasi is better. It is intuitively understandable and makes a clear distinction between similar words and exact-same words.
The term duplication is an accepted alternative to the more ambiguous and redundant term "reduplication" and should probably be favored.
When things are done badly, they can be changed, whether they are traditional or not. When I was a child, in my area, flute-players were called "flautists". Eventually musicians started saying, "I don't play the flaut, I play the flute. I am a flutist," and now the accepted term in this part of the world is "flutists". It's a better term.
I like the way Marco has used "quasi-" to distinguish between exact and not-quite-exact duplication, especially since the examples he posted clearly show that the intent is to express the same word. In this instance, I think quasi-duplication is better than just calling it duplication (it's better than the way suggested in the Wiki where it says "reduplication" can also be used for words that are similar). Quasi is better. It is intuitively understandable and makes a clear distinction between similar words and exact-same words.