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Very little of what we say is really redundant - maybe a few filler words or verbal tics. It might be redundant in terms of one level of meaning, but it still adds something to the communication.
I remember my German tutor at the Goethe Institute explaining the word 'doch' and how it is used to add emphasis or stress ( I believe the term is 'emphatic particle'). I barely remember the explanation - but I do remember him describing that kind of word or phrase as 'seasoning' language.
Always stuck with me that.
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