狗狗

[i__forget]

每家只能养一只狗，要给狗狗办登记，而且不能把狗带到医院、学校、海边等地方。

Can someone explain to me why 狗 is used twice in the sentence above? What does "dog dog" mean?
Thanks a lot and sorry if the question is stupid.

[Minotaur]

Just to be cute. It consciously immitates the way little child speaks. You may hear a parent speak to his/her child like:“再不乖就要打屁屁了！”

 

While AABB and ABB structures are quite common amoung adjectives, they are not the same as what described above.

 

 

[i__forget]

ok, thanks!

[calibre2001]

An affectionate term like "doggy".

[Zbigniew]

This sort of reduplication for hypocoristic purposes is fairly common across the world's languages.

[889]

Cute yes, but in this context it also refers to a dog that's close to you, part of the family. That is, here it means "your pooch."

[Zbigniew]

6 minutes ago, 889 said:

Cute yes, but in this context it also refers to a dog that's close to you, part of the family. That is, here it means "your pooch."

I'm not sure whether the "but" is aimed at anyone in particular. In fact "doggie" can have the same weakly demonstrative function in English.

[889]

This is a poster directed at dog owners. And it's written to them. Who else?

[Zbigniew]

Sorry, I think we may be talking at cross purposes; I'm not sure how your post follows from what I've said.

[889]

It's a draw! I couldn't quite follow your comment on my post either, but took a stab nonetheless, and apparently missed.